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.
New Richmond is a city in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 6,310 as of the 2000 census. The population currently estimated to be over 8,000. It is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area.