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.
Abbott is a city in Hill County in Central Texas. The population was 300 at the 2000 census. Abbott is perhaps best known as the birthplace of country musician Willie Nelson.