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.
Batesville is a city in Franklin and Ripley counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,033 at the 2000 census. Both the Batesville Casket Company and the Hill-Rom hospital bed manufacturer are headquartered in this town.