Armstrong's Case

This appeal from a decision of the Industrial Accident Reviewing Board (board) requires that we consider the relationship between two provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (act). The two provisions at issue are G. L. c. 152, § 28, which provides for double compensation in cases of “serious and wilful misconduct of an employer,” and G. L. c. 152, § 34B, which provides for a cost of living adjustment to compensation. There is no dispute that the employee, David T. Armstrong (claimant), is entitled to have *797his basic compensation both doubled and supplemented by a cost of living adjustment.…