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.
Mansfield Center is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Mansfield in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 973 at the 2000 census. The CDP includes the town center of Mansfield also sometimes known as Mansfield Village.