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.
Mead is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 123 at the 2000 census. Mead has seen very slow growth in recent years due to its proximity to Lake Texoma and the fast growing town of Durant.