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.
Mickleton is an unincorporated area within East Greenwich Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08056. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08056 was 2,469. However in recent years with major suburban housing development, Mickleton along with the rest of East Greenwich has experienced a major population boom. Mickleton's quaker roots can still be seen in in its "Friend's Meeting House" a quaker church, and in the "Little Red School House" a schoolhouse building from the 17th and 18th centuries.