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.
Woodbridge is an unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California, United States, on the northwest side of the city of Lodi. It is split between the census-designated places of North Woodbridge and South Woodbridge and occupies the zip code 95258. It is most known for being in California's San Joaquin Valley winegrowing region. Woodbridge is the home of the famous Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi winery.