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.
Paradise Valley (zip code 89426) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada, near the southeastern boundary of Humboldt National Forest. It is about fifteen miles (24 km) east of Orovada and U.S. Highway 95.