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.
New York Mills is a village in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 3,191 at the 2000 census. The Village of New York Mills is within both the Town of Whitestown and Town of New Hartford. New York Mills is also a western suburb of the City of Utica.