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.
Yarmouth Port is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Yarmouth and Dennis in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,395 at the 2000 census. Yarmouth had 5,380 persons, while Dennis had only 15 persons. Yarmouth Port was home to the original Christmas Tree Shops, until its closing in 2007.