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.
Altoona is a city in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 6,698 at the 2000 census, and 6,719 in a 2004 estimate. The city is a railroad terminal on the Union Pacific Railroad.