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.
Lowry City is a city in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States. The population was 728 at the 2000 census, although the sign states 743. Lowry City is the city where the Ozark Mountains meet the Great Plains.