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.
Carpenter is an unincorporated community in southeastern Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. It lies along WYO 214 east of the city of Cheyenne, the county seat of Laramie County and capital of Wyoming. Its elevation is 5,440 feet (1,658 m), and it is located at 41°2′44″N 104°22′0″W / 41.04556°N 104.366667°W / 41.04556; -104.366667 (41.0455384, -104.3666230). Although Carpenter is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82054. Public education in the community of Carpenter is provided by Laramie County School District #2. One of the district's campuses, Carpenter Elementary School (grades K-6), is located in Carpenter.