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.
Dunkirk is a city in Chautauqua County, New York in the USA. The population was 13,131 at the 2000 census. Dunkirk is on shore of Lake Erie and shares a border with the village of Fredonia. The city is surrounded by the town of Dunkirk. The National Guard has a base in Dunkirk.