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.
Knox is a city in Center Township, Starke County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,721 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Starke County. The city was founded in 1851 and is named after General Henry Knox. Knox was the home of two-time Indiana Governor Henry F. Schricker.