mass tort

A civil wrong that injures many people.

• Examples include toxic emissions from a factory, the crash of a commercial airliner, and contamination from an industrial-waste-disposal site. Cf. toxic tort.

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词条贡献者

译者蒋毅，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与破产与资产重组相关的法律文件。