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.
Lebanon, Georgia is a community that is now absorbed into Holly Springs. While the community is locally known and still referred to as Toonigh, the community has a post office located in a small strip mall just south of the Georgia Northeastern Railroad that was posted as Lebanon, Georgia. As of May 2008, a Home Depot opened for business just north of the community, Located just off the 575 - Sixes road exit, the community is naturally a good spot for business to flourish. The area is definitely growing with many new apartment complexes, three gas stations off the exit, And even an outlet mall planned for 2009, all within 1 mile of the heart of Lebanon, Ga.