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.
Nora, Virginia is a small town in Dickenson County, Virginia, several miles south of Clinchco. Nora hosts Ervinton High School. Ervinton is most famous for athlete Trazell Silvers who played for the Harlem Globetrotters and overseas in Europe.