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.
Boardman is a city in Morrow County, Oregon, United States on the Columbia River and Interstate 84. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,855. The 2007 estimate is 3,310 residents. It is part of the Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area.