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.
Vassar is a city in Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,823 at the 2000 census. The 2008 census estimate places the population at 2,665. The city is located on the western edge of Vassar Township but is politically independent.