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.
Rindge is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,451 at the 2000 census. The estimated population was 6,331 in 2007, according to the State Data Center. Rindge is home to Franklin Pierce University, the Cathedral of the Pines, and part of Annett State Forest.