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.
Lawrenceburg is a city in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 4,685 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Dearborn County. Lawrenceburg is located in southeast Indiana, on the Ohio River west of Cincinnati.