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.
New Boston is an unincorporated community in eastern Linn County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 129 about twelve miles northeast of Brookfield. The community was founded in 1846 and is named after Boston, Massachusetts