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.
Lane City is an unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 111 in 2000. Although it is unincorporated, Lane City has a post office, with the ZIP code of 77453. Public education in the community of Lane City is provided by the Wharton Independent School District.