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.
Pennsburg is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,732 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District. It is also part of the strip of small towns that run together along Route 29; Red Hill, Pennsburg and East Greenville or nicknamed 'Red Pennsville'.