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.
Chinquapin is an unincorporated community in Duplin County, North Carolina. It is located at 34.8° N latitude and -77.82° W. longitude, at an elevation of 39 feet (12 m).