How much this settlement ends up costing depends, of course, on how many people contract VCJD.
In October, Moreno filed suit against the city, and the only real question was how much the settlement would be.
Neither she nor Medicare officials could say how much the settlement might cost the government, but the price of expanding such coverage could be substantial.
Though many economists identify the moribund housing market as the greatest drag on the recovery, it is not clear how much the settlement will help.
The case was resolved out of court "to the mutual satisfaction of all parties," said Lori Ochaltree, Mr. Reid's lawyer, who declined to say how much the settlement was.
MetLife, based in New York, did not say how much the settlement was worth but said it should be covered by the $250 million, before tax, that it set aside for the case in February.
Under the bill, public companies would be required to publicly reveal the number of harassment cases they've settled, and just how much those settlements cost.
The N.F.L. still must clarify how much of any settlement its insurance companies will cover.
But the league may be reluctant to settle with the players before it knows how much of any settlement its insurers might cover.
Because neither Facebook nor Quinn are willing to discuss the ad, it's unclear how much of the settlement was paid out in equity and cash, or the valuation of the Facebook stock (it may have been based on the vaunted $15 billion valuation established by Microsoft's ad deal 2007, while recent internal valuations are only around a quarter of that).
