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.
Inman is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 1,142 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1887 as Aiken. It was renamed Inman, in 1889, after Inman Lake which is located approximately 4 miles (6 km) east of the town. The lake was named after its initial surveyor, Major Henry Inman.