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.
Benoit is an unincorporated community in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. It is located two miles southwest of the intersection of U.S. Route 2 and U.S. Route 63, about 12 miles southwest of Ashland.