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.
Loyal is a city in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,308 at the 2000 census. The city is located within the Town of Loyal, though it is politically independent.