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.
Bryant is a city in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 13,185. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bryant has the fourth highest median household income in Arkansas, after Maumelle, White Hall, and Cabot. Bryant also was the only town in Arkansas to be chosen for Money Magazine's Top 100 Best Places to Live 2009, ranking number 86.