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.
Sullivan (formerly Winfield) is a village in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 688 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Sullivan, and is known to residents of the Milwaukee metro area as the location of the National Weather Service forecast office for WXJ-87.