Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. Mignogna

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County which vacated a ten-day suspension of the liquor license of Alfred J. Mignogna and his wife (Licensees) imposed by the Board and instead imposed a $200 fine. We reverse in part, vacate in part and remand.

Licensees trade as the Hotel Belmar (Hotel). On September 2, 1986, Scott Reed, a fourteen-year-old minor, went to the Hotel with Charles Rodgers, an adult. They seated themselves at a table and Rodgers went and purchased a pitcher of beer from the bar. Rodgers…