Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Oct. 15, 2021
Judge to OK $6.3M deal in contaminated neighborhood case
U.S. District Judge James Donato said he is “leaning toward approval” of the deal over the objection of Tetra Tech, a radiological cleanup company that is one of the defendants in the lawsuit. It argued that the developers knew more about the fraud than they are representing.
A federal judge signaled Thursday that he will bless a $6.3 million settlement between developers of homes at Hunters Point shipyard, a potentially toxic neighborhood in San Francisco, and homeowners who claim they were lied to about the full extent of the area's contamination due to fraudulent radiological remediation.
U.S. District Judge James Donato said he is "leaning to...
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