A mass tort is a civil action involving numerous plaintiffs against one or a few corporate defendants. The tort may involve, for example, personal injuries suffered by numerous plaintiffs as a result of a defective product, or a mass disaster in which there were many injured persons, such as an airplane crash, or exposure of a large group of people to toxic chemicals or pharmaceuticals.
Erie is a Statutory Town in Boulder and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The population was 6,291 at the 2000 census. Erie is located west of I-25 35 minutes from Denver International Airport, 25 minutes north of Denver and 15 minutes from Boulder. In the southern part of Erie, on Baseline Road, is Erie Municipal Airport.