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.
Monrovia is a town in Monroe Township, Morgan County, Indiana, United States. The population was 628 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Indy Racing League driver Gary Bettenhausen, as well as Detroit Lions Wide Receiver John Standeford and award-winning basketball coach Branch McCracken. In 2006, the Monrovia High School Band won the Mid-States Band Association Class A Championships at Kings Mill, OH. The school won a state championship in Academic Super Bowl Competition in 1988.