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.
Mississippi State, Mississippi is not an official government based city or town but is the official designated name for the area encompassing Mississippi State University, in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi within the city of Starkville. Its official United States Postal Service designation is "Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762".