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.
Trenton is a town in Jones County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 201 in 2007. It is the county seat of Jones County. Trenton is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.