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.
Woodsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Haverhill in Grafton County, New Hampshire, U.S. , along the Connecticut River at the mouth of the Ammonoosuc River. The population was 1,081 at the 2000 census. Although North Haverhill is officially the county seat of Grafton County, the village of Woodsville has traditionally been considered the county seat, as the county courthouse was originally located there. The county buildings are now located halfway between Woodsville and the village of North Haverhill to the south.