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.
Brookside is a former mining town, predominantly settled by Eastern European immigrants, located in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 1,393. The Mayor is Roger McCondiche, a retired Insurance Salesman.