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.
Belfield is a city in Stark County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 866 at the 2000 census. Belfield was founded in 1883. It is part of the Dickinson Micropolitan Statistical Area.