A Connecticut man has filed a civil theft suit against a New Jersey law firm, alleging it never paid him $336,877 from a wrongful death settlement involving his daughter, Erica.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Connecticut, alleges Newark-based Hunt, Hamlin & Ridley paid Erica’s mother her $336,877 share of the settlement. The other half, which 54-year-old Eric Jordan claims is his, has not been released.