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.
Maydelle is a small unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States, located between Palestine and Rusk on U.S. Route 84. It lies at an elevation of 410 feet (125 m).