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.
Rockville is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 749 at the 2000 census. It is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area. On 1 June 2002, the city of Pleasant Lake and Rockville Township were merged into the city of Rockville.