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.
Garnett is a city in Anderson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 3,368 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be 3,280 in the year 2006. It is the county seat of Anderson County.