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.
Monson is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,359 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village of Monson Center lies at the center of the town.