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.
Trade is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee, United States. The easternmost community in the state, it is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, at the headwaters of Roan Creek, approximately 7.5 miles southeast of Mountain City, on Highway 421. Trade is approximately 17 miles from Boone, North Carolina.