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.
Eastman is a city in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,440 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Dodge County. The first Stuckey's store, now well-known throughout the South East United States, was founded in Eastman in 1937.