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.
Foley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. The 2000 census lists the population of the city as 7,590. "Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights" (for Foley, AL), US Census Bureau, 2007, webpage: US-Census-FoleyAL. Foley is a principal city of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Baldwin County.