TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision.  Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
PROBLEM: of incorporation and place of business of the parties, and (d) the place where the relationship, if any, between the parties is centered. These contacts are to be evaluated according to their relative importance with respect to the particular issue. 6 . The Supreme Court of Connecticut has already rejected the ¡ex loci delicti rule in workers’ compensation actions in favor of “interest analysis” and the Restatement (Second) “most significant relationship” approach. See Simaitis v. Flood, 182 Conn. 24, 29-33, 437 A.2d 828, 831-32 (1980); Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws § 181 (1971). 7 . See Conn.Gen.Stat. § 52-555 (1977) (measure of wrongful death recovery equal to value of decedent’s life and expenses); Marko v. Stop and Shop, Inc., 169 Conn. 550, 553, 364 A.2d 217, 219 (1975) (<HOLDING>); see also Halstead II, supra, 535 F.Supp. at 
 Holding statements: (A) holding warranty liability and strict liability were both shown by proof a product was defective (B) holding that to prevail on strict liability claim for a defective product plaintiff must show the product was defective when it left the defendants possession and control (C) recognizing that a violation of the mbta is a strict liability offense (D) recognizing the significance of control in strict products liability (E) recognizing strict product liability actions

SOLUTION: (E)

PROBLEM: (9th Cir.2003) (<HOLDING>).' Amara’s remaining contentions are 
 Holding statements: (A) holding that proper remedy for failure to exhaust is dismissal of the claim without prejudice (B) recognizing that dismissal may be proper where plaintiff concedes the failure to exhaust (C) holding that dismissal of a pro se complaint for failure to state a claim should generally be without prejudice but if the plaintiff has been given an opportunity amend his complaint and fails to do so the dismissal may be with prejudice (D) holding dismissal with prejudice is appropriate remedy for failure to timely file undertaking (E) holding that a review committee of the kansas board for discipline of attorneys had the authority to dismiss a complaint against an attorney with or without prejudice and when dismissal was ordered without specifying the nature of the dismissal the dismissal was without prejudice to the filing of later proceedings on the same matter

SOLUTION: (A)

PROBLEM: we affirm. Jim’s Fifth and Sixth Amendment claims rely on the same inference from Officer Piel’s testimony. Officer Piel testified that he spoke with witnesses at the scene and included their statements in his police report. Jim claims that this testimony indicated: (1) that Officer Piel interviewed witnesses in addition to the four who testified at trial, and (2) that the additional witnesses named Jim as the aggressor in the fight. After carefully reviewing the record, we determine, contrary to Jim’s argument, that Officer Piel made no reference to statements made by any non-testifying witness. Where there is no non-testifying witness, there can be no violation of Jim’s right to confront that witness. See Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 51, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004) (<HOLDING>). Similarly, because the record does not 
 Holding statements: (A) holding that any confrontation right is found in the fourteenth amendments due process clause not the confrontation clause of the sixth amendment (B) holding that the confrontation clause applies only to trials and not to sentencing hearings (C) holding that the confrontation clause applies only to testimonial hearsay (D) holding the confrontation clause applies only to testimonial statements (E) holding that the text of the confrontation clause  applies to witnesses against the accused  in other words those who bear testimony 

SOLUTION:
(E)