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.
Oxbow is a hamlet in the town of Antwerp of Jefferson County, New York, United States. It lies at an altitude of 354 feet. Located at Oxbow is the Dr. Abner Benton House (1819), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.