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.
Rushville is a city in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 999 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Sheridan County. Rushville is also known as "The Gateway to White Clay", portal city to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.