Schultz v. Department of Transportation

In Schultz v. Department of Transportation, 88 Pa. Commw. 43, 488 A.2d 408 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1985), a licensee was convicted of DUI in Lehigh County. DOT did not receive notification of that conviction from the judicial system until four years later. DOT then notified the licensee of the suspension of her operating privileges, based on the four-year old DUI conviction. The licensee appealed the suspension to the trial court, which denied the appeal. On appeal to this Court, the Court held that DOT "may not be held accountable for delay attributable to a court's failure to timely certify a conviction to DOT." Schultz, 488 A.2d at 409. Thus, the Court affirmed the decision of the trial court.