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.
Clyde is a town in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. The 2000 census recorded the population at 1,324 people. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.