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.
New Holland is a borough in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 5,092 at the 2000 census. New Holland was settled in 1728 by Johann Michael Dubendorfer (John Diffenderfer) of Heidelberg, Germany. Before it became known as New Holland, it had been called Earltown and New Design. New Holland, Pennsylvania is the twin city of Longvic, France.