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.
Cattaraugus is a village in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,075 at the 2000 census. The name is a native expression for "land of last chimney standing. " The Village of Cattaraugus lies in the northeast part of the Town of New Albion, north of Salamanca, New York.