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.
Mount Olive is a town in Wayne and Duplin counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 4,567 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is home to the Mount Olive Pickle Company and Mount Olive College.