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What is a mass tort?!

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.


⚖️ Follow for more plain-language explainers on civil justice, lawsuits, and the people caught in between.

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