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.
East Nassau is a village in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 571 at the 2000 census. The Village of East Nassau is in the east part of the town of Nassau along the Town of Stephentown border by Routes 20 and 66.