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.
Selfridge is a city in Sioux County, North Dakota in the United States. Selfridge was founded in 1912. The population was 223 at the 2000 census. A December 2009 estimate puts it at 619. 164 families reside in the area. The city is the 3rd largest city on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Towns that border this city are Chadwick, ND and Porcupine, North Dakota, these towns act as suburbs and subdivisions of the city.