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.
Collinsville is a town in Cherokee and DeKalb Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population is 1,644. The town is a part of the 'Gadsden, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area'