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.
Walnut Shade is an unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri, United States. It is about six miles northwest of Forsyth on U.S. Route 160. Walnut Shade is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.