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.
Helotes is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is considered part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,285 at the 2000 census.