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.
Kindred is a city in Cass County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 614 at the 2000 census. Kindred was founded in 1880. The city primarily serves as a bedroom community for Fargo, located 30 miles to the northeast.