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.
Jadwin is an unincorporated community in southern Dent County, Missouri, United States. It is located about eleven miles south of Salem. The community was founded in 1879 and is named for J. A. Jadwin, who lived nearby.