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.
Plaistow is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 7,747 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is pronounced /ˈplæstaʊ/ -tow, rhyming with now, though in the past it was pronounced /ˈplæstoʊ/ -toh, rhyming with no.