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.
Syracuse is a town in Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,038 at the 2000 census. Syracuse is the location of Lake Syracuse, and its larger brother Lake Wawasee, in addition to several other lakes in the region.