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.
Downsville is an unincorporated community in the Town of Dunn, in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. Founded at a crossing of the Red Cedar River in 1855, the community is home to about 200 people. The Dunn County Historical Society's Empire in Pine Museum is located in Downsville. About 3 miles south of the community lies the girlhood home of Caddie Woodlawn, preserved at the Caddie Woodlawn Park.