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.
Rio Nido, California is a small, unincorporated resort community on the Russian River, 1.3 mi (2.1 km) east of Guerneville, in Sonoma County. The town's name means "river nest" in Spanish.