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.
The Village of Ocean Beach is in the south part of the Town of Islip on Fire Island in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is considered a more popular tourist location, due to its popular nightlife and increased number of stores and restaurants among other communities.