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.
Airway Heights is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States, just west of Spokane. The population was 4,500 at the 2000 census. The city's name was taken from its close proximity to Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane International Airport.