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.
Adamsville, Rhode Island is a village in Little Compton, Rhode Island. It was first settled in 1675. Gray's Store in Adamsville, built in 1788, claims to be the oldest operating general store in the United States. The Rhode Island Red Monument at the intersection of Adamsville Road, Westport Harbor Road and Main Street is a granite monument to the Rhode Island Red Chicken, the state bird.