Biagini's Case

Our task is to determine whether § 51A of G.L. c. 152,1 is applicable to the instant circumstances. We review in summary fashion the chronology of events: The employee’s claim for disability benefits beginning September 17, 1981, arose out of an injury which occurred on June 18,1981; payment was denied at a § 7 conference on August 11, 1982; at an evidentiary hearing pursuant to § 8, a single member awarded payment of total incapacity compensation from September 17, 1981, and continuing at the maximum rate in effect on June 18, 1981; § 11 [now § 12] enforcement of the single member’s award…