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.
Lockhart is a town in Union County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 39 at the 2000 census. However, the town has since annexed a great deal of land, and the population is now estimated to be 617.