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.
Shaktoolik is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 230. As of 2009, Koyukuk is one of a number of Alaskan communities threatened by erosion and related global warming effects. The community has relocated twice before.