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.
Waverly is a small rural town in Lackawanna County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was founded in the late 1700s by settlers from Connecticut, along The Warriors' Path.