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.
Vado is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 3,003 at the 2000 census. As of 8 August 2005, its lone ZIP code is 88072, its telephone Area Code is 505, and it is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.