Andre Zachary, who had been estranged from Neely at the time of his death, accused Daniel Penny of causing his son's death through "negligence, carelessness and recklessness," the lawsuit states.

Thursday morning, the jury finished listening to readback of the defense's cross examination of New York City Medical Examiner Dr. Cynthia Harris, who performed Neely's autopsy, a

Jurors have begun deliberations in the chokehold death trial of Daniel Penny, who is accused of killing Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train.

Jordan Neely‘s father, Andre Zachary, filed the suit Wednesday against Marine veteran Daniel Penny in New York Supreme Court. He accuses the Long Island native of negligence, assault and battery, which Zachary says led to the death of his unarmed,

Marine Daniel Penny’s manslaughter trial started Tuesday afternoon and continued into Thursday, as the politically divisive case has drawn widespread controversy after Penny used a chokehold on a homeless Black man on a New York City subway car in 2023.

The father of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who died after being placed in a chokehold by subway rider Daniel Penny, filed a civil lawsuit against Penny on Wednesday for negligent contact, assault and battery that led to Neely’s death.

Jordan Neely’s father filed a civil lawsuit against Daniel Penny for wrongful death as a jury deliberates Penny’s manslaughter case over Neely’s subway death.