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.
Parlin is an unincorporated area in Old Bridge and Sayreville in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08859. As of the United States Census, 2000, the population for ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 08859 was 20,129.