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.
Grand Marais is an unincorporated community in Burt Township, Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on Lake Superior at 46°40′15″N 85°59′07″W / 46.67083°N 85.98528°W / 46.67083; -85.98528 and is the eastern gateway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore via H-58. Grand Marais is the northern terminus of M-77. Seney and the Seney National Wildlife Refuge are to the south.