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.
Bowmansville is a hamlet located in the Town of Lancaster in Erie County, New York, United States. The hamlet is named after Benjamin Bowman, the owner of sawmills on Ellicott Creek in the center of the hamlet.