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.
Wellington is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. Located about 35 miles east of Kansas City, it is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The population was 784 at the 2000 census.