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.
Claremore is a city and the county seat of Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 15,873 at the 2000 census, but was estimated to be 17,200 in 2007. It is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area and home to Rogers State University, the only public four-year university in the Tulsa area. It is best known as the home of entertainer Will Rogers.