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.
Lamar is a city in Barton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,425 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Barton County. Lamar is well known as the birthplace of President Harry S. Truman.