The family of a Queens, New York man who died on the subway tracks, has been fighting with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) for 10 years.

Ki Suk Han was pushed in front of an oncoming Q train in a NYC subway station on December 3, 2012, by a homeless man, Naeem Davis. 

Davis went to trial  in 2017 and was acquitted of murder charges, with the defense that the victim, Hun, was drunk and aggressive and that Davis had pushed Han in self-defense.

Han’s widow and daughter brought a $30 million wrongful-death suit against the MTA in 2013, and said the conductor of the subway train should have stopped the train before it hit Mr. Han at the 49th Street Manhattan station. 

The MTA agreed to a $750,000 settlement, although they felt that Davis should have assumed responsibility for the payment to the family.

Of course, Davis was homeless at the time.

Following the Manhattan Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday, where the MTA settlement was concluded, the Han family lawyer, Charen Kim, told reporters,  “I think they are very relieved that this is coming to an end.”

Han’s widow, 64, said they agreed to the amount even though they sued for $30 million. She said she was going to give the full payment to her 29-year-old daughter. 

“It’s been a long battle against the transit authority for 10 years,” the family attorney said. “There were so many delays … they are finally at a point where they can close this chapter of their life and move on.”

The horrific accident was photographed by a freelance, New York Post photographer on that fateful day in 2012, and it made the front page of the newspaper. 

The family lawyers will receive a large chunk of the MTA payout – nearly $290,000.