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.
Fiskeville is a small village in the south west corner of Cranston, Rhode Island, United States, and also reaching into the south east corner of the Town of Scituate, Rhode Island. Its Main Street forms the border between the two municipalities.