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.
Woosung is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, U.S. , and is located in the far southwestern part of the county, northwest of Dixon. Woosung was founded in June 1855 by 3 retiring sea captains. They named it after Wusong, China.