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.
Skippers is an unincorporated community in Greensville County, Virginia, United States, only three miles north of the North Carolina border. It is on U.S. Route 301 and Interstate 95. It is also a famous truck stop consisting of a Love's gas station and a McDonalds.