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.
Helena is an unincorporated community in southeastern Andrew County, Missouri. It is located about twelve miles northeast of St. Joseph and is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area. Helena has a park, an Elementary School, two Churches, and a Community Center.