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.
Sallis is a town in Attala County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 114 at the 2000 census. Sallis is the birthplace of the late David Barksdale, who, with Larry Hoover at one point ran the Black Gangster Disciple Nation.