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.
Navarro (formerly, Novarro and Navarro Ridge) is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. It is located 18 miles (29 km) west of Ukiah, at an elevation of 269 feet (82 m). The Navarro Ridge post office opened in 1867, changed its name in 1888, and closed in 1902. The name Navarro was subsequently applied to a place 14 miles (23 km) east of the present town at Wendling.