Covidien Public Limited Company’s subsidiary, Mallinckrodt Inc.,
faced about 10,700 pending asbestos liability cases as of June
26, 2009, according to the Company’s quarterly report filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2009.
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