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.
Mountain City is a small unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. This ghost town on State Route 225, approximately 16 miles south of the Idaho border, it is situated on the Owyhee River at an elevation of approximately 5,620 feet.