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.
Witten is an unincorporated community located in Tripp County, South Dakota. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Witten has been assigned the ZIP code of 57584.