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.
La Grulla is a city in Starr County, Texas, United States, founded by Juan Santiago Longoria in 1836. The population was 1,211 at the 2000 census.