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.
Payneville is an unincorporated rural community in Meade County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community that lies a few miles northwest of Brandenburg on KY 144 at it's intersections with KY 376, near KY 144's intersection with KY 1239. Located near here are the Payneville Petroglyphs, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.