CNA Insurance Companies v. Sliski

Marshall, CJ.

In this declaratory judgment action, CNA Insurance Companies (CNA) seeks to establish that it is not responsible to an injured worker for payment of double compensation under G. L. c. 152, § 28, of the workers’ compensation act (act) for the alleged serious and wilful misconduct of the worker’s employer because the employer is *492insolvent and unable to repay CNA as provided in the statute.1 A judge in the Superior Court concluded that CNA must pay the double compensation and entered a final declaratory judgment to that effect. CNA appealed and we transferred the case to this court…