CIRCOR International, Inc.’s subsidiary, Leslie Controls, Inc.,
as of the end of June 2009, faced 1,158 active, unresolved
asbestos-related claims filed in California, Texas, New York,
Massachusetts, Illinois, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Rhode
Island and 23 other states.
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