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.
Fillmore is a hamlet in Allegany County, New York, United States. It is named after President Millard Fillmore. The former Village of Fillmore dissolved its incorporation and became a community in the Town of Hume in the northwest quadrant of the county.