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.
Edina is a city in Knox County, Missouri, United States, between the North and South Forks of the South Fabius River. The population was 1,233 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Knox County.