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.
Lawrenceburg is a city in Anderson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 9,014 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Anderson County. Lawrenceburg is part of the Frankfort, Kentucky micropolitan statistical area.