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.
Searsboro is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 155 at the 2000 census. It is the hometown of Jeff Criswell, a former offensive lineman for the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs.