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.
Estacada is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, about 30 miles southeast of Portland. The population was 2,371 at the 2000 census. The 2007 estimate is 2,695 residents.