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.
Ronald is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 265 at the 2000 census. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Ronald ranks 72nd of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.