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.
Wyocena is a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 668 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Wyocena. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. A tornado struck the village on April 25, 2008 destroying several homes.