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.
Newmarket is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 8,027 at the 2000 census. Some residents are students and employees at the nearby University of New Hampshire in Durham. The primary settlement in town, where over 63% of the population resides, is defined as the Newmarket census-designated place, or CDP, and is located at the junction of New Hampshire Routes 108 and 152, adjacent to the Lamprey River.