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.
Marengo is a city in and the county seat of Iowa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,535 at the 2000 census. It has served as the county seat since August 1845, even though it was not incorporated until July 1859.