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.
Moody is an unincorporated community in southern Howell County, Missouri, United States. It is sixteen miles south of West Plains just north of Route 142 on Route E. Several homes and a post office are located there.