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.
Vest is an unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky, United States, located north of Hindman. The Vest post office opened in 1886, named for a postal inspector who had visited the site.