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.
Forest Lake is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 6,798 at the 2000 census. It is located on a lake of the same name, part of the drainage basin of the Sunrise River. Interstate 35 and U.S. Routes 8 and 61 are three of the main arterial routes in the city.