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.
Lignite is a city in Burke County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 174 at the 2000 census. Lignite was founded in 1907 and was named for the quantities of lignite, a low-grade coal, present in the area.