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.
Accord is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 622 at the 2000 census. Accord is located in the eastern part of the Town of Rochester along US 209. Accord is the seat of town government.