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.
Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. The population was 28,451 as of the 2000 census. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological facility in western Kansas.