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.
Monroe is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 759 at the 2000 census. It is a narrow strip of land located along a bend of the Connecticut River, across from Barnet, Vermont. It was originally chartered as part of Lyman.