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.
New England is a city in Hettinger County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 555 at the 2000 census. New England was founded in 1887. The silhouette of the two Rainy Buttes near New England is a distinguishing symbol of the town.