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.
Springfield is a city in and county seat of Washington County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,634 at the 2000 census.. It was established in 1793 and probably named for springs in the area.