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.
Clover is a town in York County, South Carolina, United States located in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area. The population of the town was 4,916 within the town limits, based on 2008 estimates. Clover is twinned with the Northern Irish town of Larne, located on the East Coast of County Antrim.