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.
Thatcher is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. Its elevation is 4,902 feet (1,494 m), and it is located at 42°24′32″N 111°43′37″W / 42.40889°N 111.72694°W / 42.40889; -111.72694 (42.4088106, -111.7268930). Although Thatcher is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 83283; the ZCTA for ZIP Code 83283 had a population of 123 at the 2000 census.