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.
Lueders is a city in Jones and Shackelford counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 264 in 2008. The Jones County portion of Lueders is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.