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.
Midway is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The community is located on the east bank of the Kanawha River on West Virginia Route 62 at the mouth of Midway Hollow.