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.
Canalou is a city in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States. The population was 348 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code is 63828. Except for Main, First, and MacArthur, the rest of the streets are named after U.S. presidents, including Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Van Buren, Harrison, Roosevelt, Taft, and Kennedy.