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.
Moundridge is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 1,593 at the 2000 census. The city is named for the settlement that became the incorporated city in 1887 located in Mound Township.