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.
Bixby is an unincorporated community in western Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located at the western intersection of Routes 32 and 49 about 22 miles east of Salem.