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.
Bradford is a census-designated place (CDP) and historic district in the town of Westerly in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 1,497 at the 2000 census. Bradford was named for Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.