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.
New Franklin is a city in Howard County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,145 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The country music singer Sara Evans was born here in 1971.