Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Chatzidakis

Concurring Opinion by

Judge Palladino:

I concur in the result achieved by the majority; I disagree, however, with the rationale employed.

*118The majority correctly outlines the development of the law affecting venue for Commonwealth parties through January 30, 1982 when the Attorney General deleted 37 Pa. Code §111.2, the regulation which designated local offices of the Department of Transportation (DOT) for purposes of venue. The majority then acknowledges that at the time the suits now before us were filed there existed no such designation by the Attorney General, but holds “that the deletion has…