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.
Bruneau is an unincorporated community in Owyhee County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. Located at 42°52′50″N 115°47′50″W / 42.88056°N 115.79722°W / 42.88056; -115.79722 (42.8804516, -115.7973081), the community sits at an altitude of 2549 feet (777 m).