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.
Limestone is a village in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 411 at the 2000 census. The Village of Limestone lies in the south part of the Town of Carrollton and is six miles north of the city of Bradford, Pennsylvania. As of January 1, 2011, the village will be dissolved into the town of Carrolton, following the successful passage of a referendum on September 28, 2009. The village is expected to become a census-designated place on that day.