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.
Elberfeld is a town in Greer Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States. The population was 636 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1885 by German immigrants and named for Elberfeld, Germany.