One example would be negotiations for settlement of litigation.

Year-ago quarter and 6-month include a $1,400,000 gain from a litigation settlement.

The 6 months also included a net gain of $61.5 million, or $1.48 a share, from settlement of litigation.

About one-third of the $813 million charge was to set aside reserves for litigation settlements, including two that were announced in the last week.

Results for the latest quarter included a charge of $4.7 million after- tax related to the settlement of litigation.

Westfield bought the site for $20 million in a 2001 settlement of litigation over the failed plan to build the mall.

The latest 9 months' income from continuing operations included a gain of $750,000 on settlement of litigation.

Those figures do not include the state's still-sizable share of the 1998 settlement of litigation against tobacco companies.

The periods' losses from continuing operations also included a $200,000 loss from the settlement of litigation.

Additionally, results for the year-ago 9 months included a $15.8 million charge for the settlement of litigation.