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.
Akron, New York is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was listed as 3,085 in the 2000 census. The name means, A high place. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Village of Akron is located in the Town of Newstead on the west and north slopes of a hill. NY 93 passes through the village.