Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Falzett

Opinion By

Judge Craig,

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County which sustained appellee Falzett’s appeal from a motor vehicle operator’s license suspension.

The counsel for the appellee motorist timely filed an appeal with the trial court on December 10, 1980 . pursuant to The Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C. S. §1550, and the trial court then scheduled a hearing date for February 11, 1981. However, the motorist’s counsel did not give the department any notice of the appeal until he finally enclosed it in a letter to the…