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.
Watson is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama. The community is bordered by Brookside on the north and west, by Birmingham and Gardendale on the east, and by Birmingham on the south.