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.
Wayside is an unincorporated community located near the intersection of Highways 1 and 438 in west central Washington County, Mississippi, United States. Also, on 9 October 2009 three mobile homes were destroyed and 16 houses were damaged, and many trees were knocked down. A fatality took place in a mobile home. Two others were injured due to an EF1 tornado. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 38780.