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.
Blackey is a city in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 153. It is located in the vicinity of one of the earliest English settlements, Indian Bottom. Blackey is thought to have been named after Blackey Brown, one of its citizens.