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.
Gordonville is a small unincorporated town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The community named for Missouri bushwhacker Silas M. Gordon who operated a store there. It is part of the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.