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.
Bivins is an unincorporated community in eastern Cass County, Texas, United States. It lies along State Highway 43 east of the city of Linden, the county seat of Cass County. Its elevation is 318 feet (97 m), and it is located at 33°1′10″N 94°11′57″W / 33.01944°N 94.19917°W / 33.01944; -94.19917 (33.0195772, -94.1990757). Although Bivins is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 75555.