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.
Harrisville (zip code 39082; area code 601) is a small community located south of Florence, which is about 25 miles from Jackson in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States. It sits mainly on Highway 469 and connects to D'Lo and Pinola. The community is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. The two main churches are the Harrisville United Methodist Church and the Harrisville United Baptist Church.