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.
Harviell is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri. It is located on Route 158 about six miles southwest of Poplar Bluff. The community was founded in 1873 and is named for landowner Simeon Harviell.