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.
Sylvan Beach is a village in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 1,071 at the 2000 census. The Village of Sylvan Beach is in the western end of the Town of Vienna. Verona Beach State Park is south of the village on Route 13.