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.
Bienville is a village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 262 at the 2000 census. The retired American Football League player Charlie Hennigan was born in Bienville in 1935. Louisiana Fifth District U.S. Representative Rodney Alexander of Jackson Parish was born in Bienville in 1946.