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.
Laredo is a city in Grundy County, Missouri, United States. The population was 250 at the 2000 census. Laredo is pronounced "la-read-oh" which varies from the traditional pronouncation. Many Missouri towns which share spellings with other locations use alternate pronouncations (i.e. Haiti, Mo being pronounced "hay-tie").