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.
Fairburn is a city in Fulton County, Georgia with a postal service area that extends into Fayette County, Georgia. The population was 5,464 at the 2000 census. Census Estimates for 2005 show a population of 8,564.