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.
Goodwell is a town in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,192 at the 2000 census. Goodwell is the home of Oklahoma Panhandle State University, established in 1909.