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.
Burnside is an unincorporated community in Webster County, Iowa, United States. Its elevation is 1,138 feet (347 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 50521. Despite its small size, Burnside is the location of the area high school, Southeast Webster, originally known as Central Webster. The high school hold about 250 students 7-12 grade