Title: Alles v. Pa. D.O.T., Bureau of Driver Licensing (Per Curiam Order)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT DOUGLAS ALLES, Appellee v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING, Appellant : : : : : : : : : : : : : 89 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 2000 Appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Civil Division at No. 99-08418 ORDER PER CURIAM: DECIDED: May 31, 2001 AND NOW, this 31st day of May, 2001, the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County granting a nunc pro tunc appeal to Appellee is reversed. Bass v. Commonwealth, 401 A.2d 1133 (Pa. 1979) (negligence of counsel is not grounds for the grant of a nunc pro tunc appeal). As Appellee's statutory appeal was untimely, 42 Pa.C.S. §5571(b), the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County did not have jurisdiction. Anderson v. PennDOT, 744 A.2d 825 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2000) (grant of nunc pro tunc appeal was error, statutory appeal was untimely, and statutory appeals court did not have jurisdiction). Accordingly, the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County sustaining Appellee's statutory appeal is also reversed, and the suspension of Appellee's driver's license is reinstated.