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.
Carle Place is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, United States. As of 2000 (according to the Census) the CDP population was 5,247. Carle Place is an unincorporated area of the Town of North Hempstead.