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.
Palouse is a city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,011 at the 2000 census. Palouse is named for the region of farmland in which it is situated, and was incorporated in 1888.