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.
Swedesburg is an unincorporated community in northern Henry County, Iowa, United States. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Route 218 and Iowa Highway 27 north of the city of Mt. Pleasant, the county seat of Henry County. Its elevation is 732 feet (223 m). Although Swedesburg is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 52652.