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.
Modena is an unincorporated community in far western Iron County, Utah, United States, near the Nevada border. It lies along State Route 56 west of the city of Parowan, the county seat of Iron County. Its elevation is 5,476 feet (1,669 m), and it is located at 37°47′56″N 113°55′27″W / 37.79889°N 113.92417°W / 37.79889; -113.92417 (37.7988558, -113.9241411). Although Modena is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 84753.