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.
Alden, elevation 1,004 feet (306 meters), is an unincorporated hamlet town in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Being very small, the population was not listed in the 2000 census.