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.
Elmo is an unincorporated community located on U.S. Highway 80 in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. It lies approximately 13 miles northeast of Kaufman, and has an estimated population of 90.