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.
Morehead is a city of Rowan County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,914 at the 2000 census. The city is named for Gov. James T. Morehead. Most of Rowan county now has the ZIP code 40351 or 40313. It is the county seat of Rowan County. Morehead State University is located here. It was also the focal point of the Rowan County War.