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.
Havelock is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 22,442 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 21,906 in 2006. The city is home to Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, the largest Marine Corps air station on the East Coast of the United States. Havelock is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.