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.
Hermansville is an unincorporated community in the Meyer Township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It formed as a company town based around the defunct Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company. The company's former headquarters is open as the IXL Historical Museum. U.S. Route 2 passes through the north edge of the community.