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.
Terra Ceia is an unincorporated census-designated place in Manatee County, Florida, United States. It is located on Terra Ceia Island, near the intersection of US 19 and I-275, at the southern end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The community is part of the Bradenton–Sarasota–Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.