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.
Powers is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 734 at the 2000 census. It is 21 miles south of Oregon Route 42 at Myrtle Point on Powers Highway (also known as Forest Road 33, on the south fork of the Coquille River.