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.
Langlois is an unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, United States, on the Oregon Coast. Langlois was once famous for its blue cheese, until the cheese factory burned down in the 1950s. It was never rebuilt.