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Mass tort action lawsuits are quite different from class action lawsuits. In a mass tort lawsuit each plaintiff has an individual claim resulting from distinct damages and therefore each plaintiff ultimately receives their separate trial. However, in a class action the many plaintiffs typically are not considered individually and there is only

Mass tort lawsuits are different from other personal injury lawsuits in numerous ways.  However, there are at least two significant primary distinctions that that clearly set mass torts apart.  First, mass torts involve the hundreds or even thousands of individual claims that have all been harmed by the same product

Products liability refers to the liability of all parties along the manufacturing chain of a product for injury or damage caused by that product. This includes the manufacturer of component parts (at the top of the chain), an assembling manufacturer, the wholesaler, and the retail store owner (at the bottom

A “tort” is a civil wrong committed by a person, business, or other legal entity (such as a corporation) that results in injury to another person (victim).  The person who commits the tort is legally responsible or liable for the harm suffered by the victim.  When the victim sues they become the plaintiff and