A mass tort is a civil action involving numerous plaintiffs against one or a few corporate defendants. The tort may involve, for example, personal injuries suffered by numerous plaintiffs as a result of a defective product, or a mass disaster in which there were many injured persons, such as an airplane crash, or exposure of a large group of people to toxic chemicals or pharmaceuticals.
Somerset is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,549 at the 2000 census. Saint Joseph Church, the oldest Catholic church in Ohio, is located just outside of Somerset on State Route 383.