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.
Big Rock is a small village located at 41.759308 N, 88.537617 W in Kane County, Illinois located approximately fifty miles due west of Chicago, Illinois. It is between the villages of Hinckley and Sugar Grove. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 658, although it wasn't incorporated until July 26, 2001.