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.
Onamia is a city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, USA. The population was 847 at the 2000 census. It is the town nearest to Camp Onomia, a Lutheran summer camp. U.S. Highway 169 and Minnesota Highway 27 are two of the main arterial routes in the community.