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.
Madeline is an unincorporated community in Lassen County, California. It is located 45 miles (72 km) north-northeast of Susanville, at an elevation of 5321 feet (1622 m). A post office operated at Madeline from 1875 to 1878, and from 1879 to 1882. It reopened in 1887 and moved in 1902.