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.
Washington is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 8,186 at the 2000 census, and 17,716 as of the 2008 estimates. Washington is east of St. George, the county seat.