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.
Kenedy is a city in Karnes County, Texas, United States, named for Mifflin Kenedy, who bought acres and wanted to develop a new town that would carry his name. The population was 3,487 at the 2000 census.