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.
Patoka is a town in White River Township, Gibson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 749 at the 2000 census. The town's name comes from an Indian word meaning "log on bottom".