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.
Groveland is an unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. It has a small library, a school, a gas station, a war memorial, and Pyramid Printing Inc. It has approximately 750 residents and is located near Pekin, Illinois and Morton, Illinois. It lies within ten miles of Peoria, near Springfield Road and Edgewater Drive, which is Illinois State Route 98. Groveland is a part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.