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A plaintiff domiciled in Pennsylvania is injured in an accident in Ohio caused by an Ohio defendant. The case is filed in a Pennsylvania court, which must decide which state's substantive tort law applies. Under the modern 'most significant relationship' approach, how does the court choose the governing law?

It always applies the law of the forum state It applies the law of the state with the most significant relationship to the occurrence and the parties It applies whichever law favors the plaintiff It applies the law of the plaintiff's domicile in every case

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It applies the law of the state with the most significant relationship to the occurrence and the parties

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