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.
Churchs Ferry is a city in Ramsey County, North Dakota, in the United States. The population was 77 at the 2000 census. Churchs Ferry was founded in 1886. Due to the prolonged flooding of nearby Devil's Lake, most of the city has been evacuated.