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.
Ellerslie is an unincorporated town in Allegany County, Maryland. The town lies north of Cumberland next to the Pennsylvania-Maryland State Line. Ellerslie is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'.