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.
Ringgold is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County in the U.S. state of Virginia with a postal zip code 24586. The community was named after Maj. Samuel Ringgold, a hero of the Battle of Palo Alto in the U.S. -Mexican War. Ringgold lies twenty minutes' drive away from Danville, Virginia. Southern Ringgold actually touches the southern border of Virginia and North Carolina.