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.
Montalba is an unincorporated community in central Anderson County, Texas, United States. It lies along State Highway 19 northwest of the city of Palestine, the county seat of Anderson County. Its elevation is 427 feet (130 m). Although Montalba is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 75853.