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.
Clam Lake is an unincorporated community in the town of Gordon in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on County Highway 77 near County Highway GG. Clam Lake is well known as the site of the reintroduction of Elk in Wisconsin with a herd of 25 in 1995 which has grown to an estimated 150.