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.
Hermleigh is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scurry County, Texas, United States. It lies on U.S. Route 84, ninety-six miles southeast of Lubbock. The population was 393 at the 2000 census.