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.
Simpson is a village in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 463 at the 2008 census. In 2006, it was estimated that the village population was 3,100. The village is a part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area.