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Mass Tort

A mass tort is litigation involving large numbers of plaintiffs who claim harm from the same product, drug, device or environmental exposure, and it differs structurally from a class action while carrying similar communications risk.

Litigation involving large numbers of plaintiffs claiming harm from the same product, drug, device, or environmental exposure. Multi-district consolidation, coordinated discovery, parallel state and federal tracks. Distinct from class action in legal structure but adjacent in communications risk — both create durable AI engine search trails that compound across years.

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