The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Most of the time we tolerate limited liability because mass torts are rare and we don’t know they’re going to happen in advance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Mass torts spread like weeds and may be even harder to stop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Those were the invisible hands greasing the wheels of mass torts, hands that propelled injured people through a maze they knew nothing about.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
They moved beyond their bread-and-butter fare of personal injury, adding departments for mass torts — cases that involves thousands of people suing over the same thing — and housing law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
He was similarly liable for the torts of his slaves; but in both cases he originally possessed the singular privilege of tendering the delinquent's person in full satisfaction of the damage.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Sir Henry Sumner Maine
