Choff v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

OPINION BY

Senior Judge McCloskey.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles (DOT), appeals two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (trial court), both dated March 26, 2004, which granted the appeals of Phillip F. Choff, Jr., and Colleen S. Choff (Appellees), contesting the suspension of their vehicle registrations due to them lapse in insurance coverage for more than thirty (30) days. We now reverse.

The facts of the cases are as follows. On April 8, 2003, Erie Insurance Exchange (Erie Insurance) terminated a policy of motor…