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.
Somers Point is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. At the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 11,614. The City of Somers Point is in the eastern part of Atlantic County, southwest of Atlantic City.