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.
Ferdinand is a town in Ferdinand Township, Dubois County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,277 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1840 by Joseph Kundek and named after Ferdinand I of Austria. Ferdinand is part of the Jasper Micropolitan Statistical Area.