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.
Otter is an unincorporated community in southwestern Powder River County, Montana, United States, in the Custer National Forest. It lies along local roads southwest of the town of Broadus, the county seat of Powder River County. Its elevation is 3,484 feet (1,062 m), and it is located at 45°12′28″N 106°12′6″W / 45.20778°N 106.20167°W / 45.20778; -106.20167 (45.2077710, -106.2016892). Although Otter is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 59062.