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.
Seale is an unincorporated community in Russell County, Alabama, United States. The county seat from 1868-1935, it is mostly deserted, although the Old Russell County Courthouse still stands. Seale had a population of 343 in 1950. Its main product was turpentine.