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.
Kerhonkson is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,732 at the 2000 census. Kerhonkson is a community located in the Town of Wawarsing just south of the town's boundary with the Town of Rochester on US 209, and just north of where US 44 ends and NY 55 joins 209 south. Soyuzivka, a Ukrainian resort and cultural center is located here.