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.
Eden is a town in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 97 at the 2000 census. Eden was founded at its current site in 1914. It was a merger of the towns of Old Eden and Frank, and was due to the coming of the railroad.