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.
Van Orin is an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Van Orin is located along Illinois Route 92 east of Ohio and northwest of La Moille. It has a school building that serves the LaMoille school district.