What is a mass tort?!
- Elizabeth Chamblee Burch
- Jan 19
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 27
Most people think big lawsuits are “class actions.”
But lawyers know the real money — and the real danger — are in mass torts.
Thousands of individual victims. One powerful court.Billions at stake. In The Pain Brokers (Simon & Schuster, Jan. 13, 2026), I pull back the curtain on how a few lawyers turned mass injury into mass profit — and what it means for the rest of us.
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It’s eye-opening to learn how mass torts differ from class actions, and kablora helps me dig deeper into these complex legal dynamics.