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.
Richburg is a village in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 448 at the 2000 census. The Village of Richburg is partly within the boundaries of the Towns of Wirt and Bolivar. The community is east of Olean, New York.