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.
Sawyer is an unincorporated community in Atkinson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located between Carlton and Cromwell on Minnesota State Highway 210. Sawyer is located within the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation. It serves as one of three administrative centers of the reservation.