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.
Tyner, also called Center Hill, is an unincorporated community in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States about 20 miles (32 km) away from Elizabeth City and also about 100 miles (160 km) from Virginia Beach, Virginia.