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.
Polk is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route D about twelve miles northeast of Bolivar. Polk is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.