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.
Norwood is a town and census-designated place in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 28,587. The community was named after Norwood, England. Norwood is on the Neponset River which runs all the way to Boston Harbor from Foxborough.