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.
Monroe City is a city in Marion, Monroe, and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 2,588 at the 2000 census. The Marion and Ralls County portions of Monroe City are part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area.