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.
Yellow Springs is a village in Greene County, Ohio, United States, and is the location of Antioch College and Antioch University McGregor. The population was 3,761 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Yellow Springs is served by a branch of the Greene County Public Library.