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.
Moorefield is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Routes 36 and 57 southeast of the city of Carlisle, the county seat of Nicholas County. Its elevation is 988 feet (301 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 40350.