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.
Midlothian is a city in northwest Ellis County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,480 at the 2000 census. In April, 2009 the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) estimated the municipal population to be 16,250.