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.
Cooperstown is a city in Griggs County, North Dakota in the United States. It is the county seat of Griggs County. The population was 1,053 at the 2000 census. Cooperstown was founded in 1882. It is the closest town to the Sibley Lake National Wildlife Refuge.