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.
Reedsburg is a city in Sauk County, Wisconsin, along the Baraboo River. The population was 7,827 at the 2000 census. The city is in the Town of Reedsburg, but is politically independent.