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.
Glen Head is a hamlet located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population of Glen Head was 4,625. The hamlet is a part of the North Shore School District. Glen Head was listed as one of the wealthiest zip codes on Long Island (according to Newsday's home value listings). Additionally, it was also listed as the second most expensive zip code of the Northeast region (according to the Luxist website) and ranked 71 nationwide (according to Forbes).