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.
Thornfield is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri. It is sixteen miles northwest of Gainesville. It is located on Route 95 at the Little North Fork of the White River.