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.
Derby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 12,391 at the 2000 census. With 5 square miles (13 km) of land area, Derby is Connecticut's smallest municipality. The town has a Metro-North railroad station called Derby-Shelton.