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.
The Town of Akron is a Statutory Town that is the county seat and the most populous town of Washington County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 1,711 at the U.S. Census 2000. Akron is home to the three-time defending state champions in high school football. As of September 2009 the team is contending for a fourth state title, and has won the past 43 games.