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.
Ridgeway is an unincorporated town in Berkeley County, West Virginia. It lies off U.S. Highway 11 on Specks Run Road near the Virginia state line.