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.
Tallman is a hamlet in the Town of Ramapo Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern; south of Montebello and west of Airmont. It is located just north-northwest of New York City.