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.
Westmoreland is a city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. The population was 631 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pottawatomie County. Westmoreland is part of the Manhattan, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.