Claim of Bucci v. New York City Transit Authority

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board filed June 6, 2016, which directed claimant to produce certain prima facie medical evidence.

On September 9, 2015, Richard Bucci (hereinafter decedent), a main resident engineer, was sitting on a subway train when he encountered difficulty breathing, lost consciousness and died. Decedent’s subsequent death certificate indicated that he died of natural causes and that traumatic injury or poisoning did not cause his death. The self-insured employer filed a report of injury denying responsibility on the grounds that, among other…