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.
Neal is an unincorporated community in eastern Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 54 east of the city of Eureka, the county seat of Greenwood County. Its elevation is 961 feet (293 m), and it is located at 37°50′3″N 96°4′49″W / 37.83417°N 96.08028°W / 37.83417; -96.08028 (37.8341990, -96.0802724). Although Neal is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 66863. It was named for a minor official of the Missouri Pacific Railroad.