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.
Davis Junction is a village in Ogle County, Illinois. The population was 491 at the 2000 census, but is currently at 1,500 as of 2008. It is located where the BNSF Railway and the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad intersect and along Illinois Route 72.