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.
Biggsville is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 343 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. 2004 British Open golf champion Todd Hamilton attended high school in Biggsville and played on the local 18-hole golf course.