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.
Almira is a town in Lincoln County, Washington, United States. The population was 302 at the 2000 census. In the 2004 US presidential election, Almira cast 62.22% of its vote for Republican George W. Bush.