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.
Federalsburg is a town in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,620 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code is 21632. The primary phone exchange is 754 and the area code is 410.