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.
Bartley is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. It lies along the Norfolk and Western Railroad on the Dry Fork. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Bartley has also been known as Bartlett and Peeryville.