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.
Belleview is a city in Marion County, Florida. The population was 3,478 at the 2000 census. According to the U. S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 3,856. It is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area.