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.
Stella is a village in Newton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 178 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.