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.
Melbourne is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States, on the Ohio River. The population was 457 at the 2000 census. St. Anne Convent is located in Melbourne; scenes from the movie 'RAIN MAN' were filmed there.