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.
Siasconset (also 'Sconset, Oggawame, Sconset, Seconset, Siasconsett, or Sweseckechi) is a village in eastern Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Its elevation is 52 feet (16 m), and it is located at 38°1′6″N 83°16′17″W / 38.01833°N 83.27139°W / 38.01833; -83.27139Coordinates: 38°1′6″N 83°16′17″W / 38.01833°N 83.27139°W / 38.01833; -83.27139. The various spellings of its name led the Board on Geographic Names to designate its official spelling in 1892. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 02564.