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.
Hubbell is an unincorporated community in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The U.S. Census Bureau has defined an area around the community as a Census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 1,105. The area defined as a CDP is partially within Torch Lake Township and partially within Osceola Township. The community is on the west shore of Torch Lake on M-26, about two miles south of the village of Lake Linden at 47°10′24″N 88°25′45″W / 47.17333°N 88.42917°W / 47.17333; -88.42917. The ZIP code is 49934 and the FIPS place code is 39680. It is named after Jay Abel Hubbell, a U.S. Representative (1873-1882) from the area.