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.
Hazelwood is a second-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in northwestern St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 25,523 as of 2006. Hazelwood, a northern suburb of St. Louis, is located north of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and is also situated on Interstates 270 and 170, as well as the much traveled Lindbergh Boulevard and Highway 370.