When the same negligence injures many, each victim still deserves an individual fight.
A mass tort is a legal action where multiple plaintiffs file individual lawsuits against one or more defendants for similar injuries caused by the same or related events. Unlike class action suits, mass torts maintain separate lawsuits for each plaintiff while addressing common issues of fact or law. This approach can be more complex than standard legal procedures.
In mass tort proceedings, the court typically:
Toxic water, decades of harm, and a legal path to compensation.
Learn MoreGross negligence in utility maintenance, unprecedented destruction.
Learn MoreIn a class action, one lawsuit is filed on behalf of an entire group, and every member typically shares a single outcome. A mass tort works differently: each victim keeps his or her own individual lawsuit, with damages measured by that person’s unique injuries, medical history, and losses. The cases are coordinated — often in what federal courts call multidistrict litigation (MDL) — so that common evidence and expert testimony can be developed efficiently, but your claim remains yours alone.
This matters because injuries are rarely identical. A woman diagnosed with cancer after years of using a dangerous product has suffered differently from someone with an early-stage diagnosis, and a mass tort allows each recovery to reflect that difference.
Most mass torts follow a recognizable path: individual cases are filed and consolidated before a single judge for pretrial proceedings; discovery uncovers what the defendant knew and when; a handful of representative “bellwether” trials test the strength of the claims before a jury; and the results of those trials often shape global settlement negotiations covering thousands of claimants. Throughout the process, your individual case retains its own value based on your specific injuries.
Mass tort litigation pits individual families against some of the largest corporations in the world — manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and utilities with virtually unlimited legal resources. For over 35 years, Michael A. Pohl has represented victims of defective products, pharmaceutical liabilities, and environmental disasters, including clients across the United States, Mexico, and Central and South America. That experience — and a record that includes over one hundred clients recovering one million dollars or more — is what it takes to stand toe-to-toe with corporate defendants.
Five decades of courtroom experience — on your side.
