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.
Maryland Line is an unincorporated town in Baltimore County, Maryland just south of the Mason-Dixon Line after Exit 35. It is accessible from exits 36 and 37 off I-83.