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.
Syosset is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, in the northeast corner of Town of Oyster Bay. It is a designated hamlet located on the North Shore of Long Island. The population was 18,544 at the 2000 census. It is served by the Syosset railroad station.