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.
Newfane is a town in Niagara County, New York, USA. The population was 9,657 at the 2000 census. The name was suggested by an early settler. The Town of Newfane is in the north-central part of the county, north of the City of Lockport.