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.
South Range is an unincorporated community, in Douglas County, in the town of Parkland, in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. South Range is approximately 10 miles south of the city of Superior. Wisconsin Highway 35 and U.S. Highways 2 / 53 are the main arterial routes in the area. The center of South Range is generally considered at the junction of County Road C and County Road K.