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.
Miles is a city in Runnels County, Texas, United States. The population was 850 at the 2000 census. The city was named after Johnathan Miles, who donated $5,000 to a fund for an extension of a railroad track.