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.
Siloam Springs is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 13,990. It is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Siloam Springs is home to John Brown University, a private, interdenominational, Christian liberal arts college.