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.
Cabot is the largest city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 21,040, ranking it as the state's 20th largest city, behind Van Buren. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Cabot has the third highest median household income in Arkansas.