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.
Norfork is a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 484 at the 2000 census. The White River flows 44 miles from Bull Shoals Dam to its confluence with the North Fork River's tailwater at Norfork.