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.
Pearson is an unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States located within the town of Ainsworth. The closest incorporated town to Pearson is Summit; however, Pickerel, an unincorporated community within the town of Langlade, is closer. No major highways serve Pearson; the closest state highway is Wisconsin State Highway 55 in Pickerel. The Northeast Illinois Council of the Boy Scouts of America runs a summer camp, Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation, in Pearson.