Union Beverage, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board suspended Union Beverage, Inc.’s liquor license for three and five-day periods, respectively, for separate violations of Section 493(1) of the Liquor Code.1 After de novo review, the Luzerne County Common Pleas Court affirmed. Union Beverage appeals; we affirm.

Union Beverage admits that it sold alcohol to minors on the two occasions presently under review. However, it contends that the common pleas court erred in failing to consider its good-faith attempts to verify the minors’ ages consistent with Section 495 of…