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.
Excelsior Springs is a city in Clay and Ray counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 10,847 at the 2000 census. It is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of central Kansas City, Missouri.