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.
Hobart is a village in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 390 at the 2000 census. The Village of Hobart is in the Town of Stamford. It is on route 10 in the northeast part of the county.