Gary Barbera Dodge, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

Gary Barbera Dodge, Inc. (“Barbera”) appeals from the Commonwealth Court’s determination that Barbera failed to submit timely automobile title applications to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“Penn-DOT”) and that delivery to an authorized messenger service was not a “relevant mitigating event.” For the following reasons, we reverse in part.

Barbera is a licensed new and used automobile dealer which performs title work on the vehicles it sells. On November 19, 1993, PennDOT notified Barbera that it had filed untimely title applications on fifty-nine occasions…