West Burlington is a hamlet in the western part of the Town of Burlington in Otsego County, New York. It is located at 42°42′27″N 75°11′16″W / 42.7075°N 75.1877°W / 42.7075; -75.1877, three miles east of the town of Edmeston on New York State Route 51 and New York State Route 80. Most of the roads here are not paved.

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What is mass tort law?

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.

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