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.
Rockford is a town in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 428. The town is the county seat of Coosa County and is part of the Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area.