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.
Ravenel is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,214 at the 2000 census. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Ravenel is included within the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.