Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Samek

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

This appeal by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, sustaining a motorist’s appeal under 75 Pa. C. S. §1550 from an operator’s license suspension, relies upon the failure of the motorist’s counsel to serve the Commonwealth with a notice of the appeal, which had been timely filed in the trial court, although the existence of the appeal did come to the attention of an attorney for the department on the first scheduled hearing date.

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