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.
Currie is an unincorporated settlement in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. It is located south of Yamacraw, the birthplace of the fictional character Philip Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Currie is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area.