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.
Blackwood is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Gloucester Township, in Camden County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the section population was 4,692. Blackwood is the home of the main campus of Camden County College, in addition to other locations in Camden and Cherry Hill.