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.
Lasara is a census-designated place (CDP) in Willacy County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,024 at the 2000 census. Lasara was named after Laura Harding and Sarah Gill, the wives of settlers William Harding and Lamar Gill.