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.
Medina is a city in Stutsman County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 335 at the 2000 census. Medina was founded in 1899. Medina was the location of a fatal shootout between tax protestor Gordon Kahl and U.S. Marshals.