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.
Gaylord is a city in Sibley County, in Minnesota, United States. Located on the shore of Titloe Lake, the community is approximately 50 miles south of Minneapolis-St Paul. The population was 2,279 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sibley County.