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.
Central Islip (known colloquially as C.I. ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, U.S. , and a hamlet of the Town of Islip. The population was 31,950 at the 2000 census.