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.
Schoenchen is a city in Ellis County, Kansas, United States. The population was 214 at the 2000 census. Schoenchen is one of several small towns in the area that was established by Volga German immigrants to Kansas. Schoenchen is primarily populated by descendants of the original German-speaking immigrants, and many local residents still speak English with a German accent.