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.
Jessie is an unincorporated community in northern Griggs County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along North Dakota Highway 65 northwest of the city of Cooperstown, the county seat of Griggs County. Its elevation is 1,473 feet (449 m). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 58452.