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.
Frierson is an unincorporated community in De Soto Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located approximately three miles north of Interstate 49 (exit 186) along Louisiana Highway 175. The community is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area.