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.
Rockport is a census-designated place (CDP) in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 102 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Based on per capita income, Rockport ranks 48th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.