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.
Lancaster is a city in Schuyler County, Missouri, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 737. It is the county seat of Schuyler County. Lancaster is part of the Kirksville Micropolitan Statistical Area.