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.
Annville is a city in Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 589 at the 2000 census. The village is the birthplace of country musicians, David "Stringbean" Akeman and Freddie Langdon.