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.
Holcomb is a city in Finney County, Kansas, United States. The population was 2,026 at the 2000 census. Holcomb is known for the murders of the Herbert W Clutter family, which formed the basis of the Truman Capote novel In Cold Blood.