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.
Ormsby is a city in Martin and Watonwan counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 154 at the 2000 census. The community is located between St. James and Sherburn on Minnesota State Highway 4.