Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Chatzidakis

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

In these consolidated appeals, the sole issue presented is where venue lies in trespass actions instituted against the Department of Transportation (DOT). In each case, preliminary objections were filed and an appropriate order entered by the trial court. Because the various orders involved controlling questions of law upon which there was substantial ground for difference of opinion, we elected to hear the appeals certified to us pursuant to the provisions of Section 702 of the Judicial Code (Code), as amended, 42 Pa. C. S. §702.

Article I, Section 11 of the…