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 Ulla is an unincorporated community located in in Rowan County, North Carolina, near Salisbury. It is a rather small town, marked mainly by Kerr Mill and Sloan Park. NC Highway 801 and NC Highway 150 run through it.