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.
Adak, formerly Adak Station, is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 316. It is the westernmost municipality in the United States and the southernmost city in Alaska. There are no radio stations in Adak and no stations even 200 miles (320 km) away. The only radio stations that can be received in Adak are through satellite or shortwave receivers.