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.
South Sioux City is a city in Dakota County, Nebraska, in the United States. It is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 11,925. South Sioux City is located immediately across the Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, and is part of the Sioux City metropolitan area.