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.
Welcome is a city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 721 at the 2000 census. In 1988, Welcome combined with nearby Sherburn and Trimont schools to form the Martin County West School District.