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.
Grandview is a town in Hammond Township, Spencer County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. The population was 696 at the 2000 census. The town received its name because of the "grand view" of the Ohio River.