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.
Copenhagen is a village in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 865 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The Village of Copenhagen is in the Town of Denmark and is northwest of Lowville.