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.
Sobieski, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in Oconto County in northeastern Wisconsin. It is located within in the town of Little Suamico. Sobieski is home to approximately 250 people, as well as six taverns, a daycare center, a landfill and a Catholic church. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Little Suamico Town Hall is located in Sobieski, just east of the Escanaba and Lake Superior railway. Sobieski is located along County Trunk Highway S and Cross Road. Sandalwood Road and Krause Road also enter the borough. The Little Suamico River flows just south of the St. John Cantius parish cemetery. County S intersects with US Highway 41/141 about a half-mile east of Sobieski.