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.
Luana is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 249 at the 2000 census. The location of a large Swiss Valley plant, Luana is located along US Highways 18 and 52 in northern Clayton County. Its high school consolidated with Farmersburg and Monona in 1955 to form MFL High School.