The proposed $5.4 million deal, for which homebuilders Lennar Corp. and Five Point Holdings sought the court’s approval, would have left the plaintiffs — some 6,500 residents of the Hunters ...

The lawsuit concerns the botched environmental cleanup of Hunters Point Shipyard, where residents allege fraud and health defects due to toxic substances and hazardous radiation. See a mistake?

Approximately 70 acres of the 500 total acres at Hunters Point have been cleaned up by the Navy, passed inspections by the EPA, and sold from the city of San Francisco to Five Point. The shipyard ...