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.
Thorpe is a neighborhood of Gary, McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. Thorpe was once an independent community and was incorporated into Gary in 1971. Thorpe has its own post office with ZIP code 24888.