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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The "real money vs. class action" distinction is spot on—most people don't realize how much procedural justice gets sidelined in MDL data fights. I've been digging into the docket numbers myself, and the gap between perception and payout is wild. Check out the research tab here for a deeper breakdown. https://framepack-ai.com
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