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.
Cherryville is an unincorporated community in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Cherryville is located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Walnutport, 12.5 miles (20.1 km) north of Allentown and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of Northampton. It is situated along Pennsylvania Route 248, between the towns of Indianland and Pennsville. The zip code is 18035. Its population was 258 as of the 1990 Census.