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.
Chapman Ranch is an unincorporated community in southeastern Nueces County, Texas, United States, seven miles (11 km) south of Corpus Christi. It is named for a family that purchased 34,000 acres (138 km) of the King Ranch in 1919.