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.
Highland Lakes is an unincorporated area and census-designated place located within Vernon Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 5,051 at the 2000 census. Highland Lakes also has its own Post Office with the ZIP Code for Highland Lakes being 07422.