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.
Chisholm is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA. The population was 4,960 at the 2000 census. Along with Hibbing Minnesota, this area was called "meebeega" by the people of the Chippewa tribe. It is roughly translated to mean "rough earth". U.S. Highway 169 and State Highway 73 are two of the main arterial routes in the city. A mining town on the Mesabi Range, Chisholm was founded by Archibald Mark Chisholm.