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.
Nettie is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Nettie is the location of the southern convergence of West Virginia Route 39, and West Virginia Route 20.