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.
For the Town of Sheldon in Monroe County, Wisconsin, see Sheldon, Monroe County, Wisconsin. Sheldon is a village in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 256 at the 2000 census. Sheldon is located on the north bank of the Jump River.