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.
Ashley is a village in Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 526 at the 2000 census. The village is located in the northwest corner of Elba Township. No major state trunkline goes through the village although M-57 passes to south by less than 1 mile.