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.
Milledgeville is a village in Carroll County, Illinois, United States. The population of the village proper was 1,016 at the 2000 census and the population of everyone residing under the 61051 zip code was 1,638 at the 2000 census. The town was named for the mill at the edge of the village.