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.
West Brookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,804 at the 2000 census. Lucy Stone was born in West Brookfield, and Noah Webster published his dictionary there. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place West Brookfield, please see the article West Brookfield (CDP), Massachusetts.