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.
Alamo, Tennessee, is a town in Crockett County, Tennessee. Its population was 2,392 at the time of the 2000 U.S. Census. Alamo, for interesting historical reasons, is the county seat of Crockett County, Tennessee. Alamo is located in the central part of West Tennessee, about 30 miles from the Mississippi River.