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.
Herald is an unincorporated rural community located in Sacramento County, California, USA. It is located east of the City of Galt along State Route 104. The ZIP Code is 95638, and the community is inside area code 209.