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.
Gouldsboro is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States on the Schoodic Peninsula. The town has many historically separate fishing and summer visitor villages, including Birch Harbor, Prospect Harbor, and Corea. The population was 1,941 at the 2000 census.