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.
Copeville is an unincorporated community in southeastern Collin County, Texas, United States, along State Highway 78. Its elevation is 554 feet (169 m). Although Copeville is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 75121; the post office was first opened in 1878. Named for early settler Miles Cope, the community was founded in the 1850s. It moved about a mile from its original location to its current site after the [name] was built through the area: residents wanted to have railroad access. Copeville has declined in the last century, becoming only a shadow of its pre-Depression size.