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.
Medfield is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,288 at a 2008 estimate. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Medfield, please see the article Medfield (CDP), Massachusetts.