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.
Linn Grove is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 211 at the 2000 census. The nearby Chan-Ya-Ta Site contains the remains of a 1000-year-old prehistoric village and is on the National Register of Historic Places.