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.
Makinen is an unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA. The community is located southeast of the city of Virginia on County Highway 16. U.S. Highway 53 is nearby.