Hapchuk v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles

OPINION BY

Judge COLINS.

George M. Hapchuk appeals from the May 15, 2006 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (Trial Court), that denied Hapchuk’s appeal from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) suspension of vehicle registrations on three of Hapchuk’s trucks. Additionally, DOT has filed a motion to quash Hapchuk’s appeal for his failure to file a 1925(b) statement on the basis of Commonwealth v. Lord, 553 Pa. 415, 719 A.2d 306 (1998) and its progeny.

Hapchuk operates a farm in Hempfield Township, as well as a septic tank cleaning service, Hapchuk…