Drumm's Case

The employer and its workers’ compensation insurer appeal from a decision of the Department of Industrial Accidents reviewing board (board) affirming the decision of an administrative judge. The board awarded the employee double compensation pursuant to G. L. c. 152, § 28, finding that the employee’s injury was due to the serious and wilful misconduct of the employer.1 We reverse.

Background. We summarize the facts found by the administra-*39live judge and adopted by the board.2 On Valentine’s Day, 1991, the employee was working at a floral shop operated by the employer when she fell into an…