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.
Lorraine is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 930 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Lorraine, a region in France. The Town of Lorraine is on the south border of the county and is south of Watertown.