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.
Maryland is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,920 at the 2000 census. It was named for the U.S. state of the same name. The Town of Maryland is on the county's south border. It is northeast of the City of Oneonta.