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.
Koosharem is a town in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The town's name is said to come from an edible tuber, a traditional staple food for the area's Native Americans. The population was 276 at the 2000 census. A 2008 annexation increased the population to an official estimate of 400.