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.
Cynthiana is a town in Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana, United States. The population was 693 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1817 and named for Cynthiana, Kentucky, where the first settlers had come from.