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.
Queen Creek is a town in Maricopa and Pinal counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 4,316 at the 2000 census. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 20,818.