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.
Henderson is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 1,377 at the 2000 census. The town is named after William Henderson, the original land owner. The Town of Henderson is in the west part of the county and is southwest of Watertown.