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.
Scottsburg is a city in Vienna Township, Scott County, Indiana, United States, about 30 miles (47 km) north of Louisville, Kentucky. The population was 6,040 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Scott County. As of 2009, William H. Graham serves as Mayor and has served since 1988.