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.
Hamer is an unincorporated community in Dillon County, South Carolina, United States. Its altitude is 144 feet (44 m). It includes Hamer Hall, a residence from 1890 listed on the National Register of Historic Places.