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.
Royalton is a city in Benton and Morrison counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota, along the Platte River. The population was 816 at the 2000 census. The city is located mainly in Morrison County. The Benton County portion of Royalton is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area.