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.
Nashua is a city in Chickasaw and Floyd counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,618. The famed Little Brown Church featured in the song "The Church in the Wildwood" is located in Nashua.