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.
Sterling is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 3,432 at the 2000 census. The town is named after "Lord Stirling", a general of the Revolutionary War. Sterling is the most northerly town in the county. It lies northwest of Syracuse, New York.