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.
Rawl is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Rawl is located on the Tug Fork across from Kentucky, 3.5 miles (6 km) southeast of Williamson. Rawl has a post office with ZIP code 25691.