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.
Slatersville is a village North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States on the Branch River. It includes the Slatersville Historic District, a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Slatersville was affiliated with and named after Samuel Slater and John Slater (industrialist).