Lanthier v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing

OPINION BY

Judge BROBSON.

Appellant Diane M. Lanthier (Lanthier) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Pike County (trial court), dated March 5, 2010. The trial court denied Lanthier’s appeal and sustained the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) one-year suspension of her operating privilege pursuant to Section 1547 of the Vehicle Code (Code), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547,1 for her refusal to submit to chemical testing. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

In order to sustain a suspension of a licensee’s operating privilege under Section 1547 of the Code for a refusal to submit to…