Detailed Instructions: 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.
Q: was denied the opportunity of securing, minimally, his $756,800.00 mortgage at the prevailing interest rate being offered at the time. Despite the fact that BMW Financial Services was the party that initiated the repossession proceedings and allegedly reported its actions to various credit agencies, the trial judge determined that the plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to establish that Rovmain was "responsible for starting the ball rolling that resulted in his [Mr. Reuschel's] credit rating being adversely affected by BMW and Land Rover Financial Services...to the tune of...$25,330.51." [N.T. 4/9/07, at 207] The credibility of the parties and witnesses in this case presumably weighs heavily in the fact-finder's decision-making process. See In Re Lokuta at 255, 11 A.3d at 446 (<HOLDING>). Given the trial judge's verdict, one might
Holding statements: (A) holding that an appellate court cannot consider an issue that was not preserved for appellate review (B) holding that it is not an appellate courts function to make findings of fact (C) recognizing appellate courts must not make fact findings (D) holding that an appellate court will not disturb atrial courts credibility findings (E) holding that generally appellate courts will not review an issue raised for the first time on appeal
A:
(D)