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.
Minnewaukan is a city in Benson County, North Dakota in the United States. It serves as the county seat and is third largest city in the county. The population was 318 at the 2000 census. Minnewauken was founded in 1884.