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.
Odanah is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 254 at the 2000 census. Odanah is the cultural and administrative center of the Bad River Chippewa Band of the Chippewa.