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.
Broseley is an unincorporated community in eastern Butler County, Missouri. It is located on Route 51 about ten miles southeast of Poplar Bluff. The community was founded in 1915 by William N. Barron and is named after his wife's hometown of Broseley in England.