Brey v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Each, Robert R. Brey and Morris Sooper, has filed a complaint in assumpsit with this Court naming the Commonwealth and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) as defendants. The actions were consolidated for hearing on the Board’s preliminary objections raising the defense of sovereign immunity.

Brey’s complaint alleges that he was, and still is, employed as a liquor store manager, that the Board has unlawfully deducted $100.00 from his wages without notice or hearing and that the justification given for the Board’s action was a cash shortage attributable to Brey.…