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.
Rolla is a city in Rolette County, North Dakota in the United States. It is the county seat of Rolette County. The population was 1,417 at the 2000 census. Rolla was founded in 1888 and has a small park and a small outdoor pool.