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.
Newman Grove is a city in Madison and Platte Counties in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The population was 797 at the 2000 census. The Madison County portion of Newman Grove is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area.