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.
San Jose is a village in both Logan County, Illinois, United States and Mason County, Illinois, United States, founded in 1858. The population was 696 at the 2000 census. Although the town's name is derived from Spanish, it is pronounced /sæn ˈdʒoʊz/ .