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.
Epps is a village in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,153 at the 2000 census. The Poverty Point National Monument is located nearby. Louisiana state trial and appellate Judge Henry L. Yelverton was reared on a farm near Epps.