Hershey Chocolate Co. v. Commonwealth

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Hershey Chocolate Company (Hershey) appeals from the order of the Commonwealth Court affirming the award of workers’ compensation benefits to Tania Lasher for a psychic injury claimed to have been caused by her employment as a district manager. The issue presented in this appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient to prove that the psychic injury resulted from abnormal working conditions. We hold that the Commonwealth Court erred in finding that Lasher suffered psychic injury as a result of abnormal working conditions and reverse.

Lasher began her employment with…