Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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committee carries its burden, “[t]he plaintiff must . . . provide evidence of an objective, reasonable belief that his statements were true. See Burton v. Mottolese, 267 Conn. 1, 49-52, 835 A.2d 998 (2003), cert. denied, 541 U.S. 1073, 124 S. Ct. 2422, 158 L. Ed. 2d 983 (2004).” The plaintiff has no burden to carry until the committee presents clear and convincing evidence of the violation. Here, after the plaintiff provides evidence that he had an objective, reasonable belief that his statements were true, the burden shifts back to the committee to rebut that evidence and, ultimately, to carry its burden of persuasion and to convince the finder of fact of the truth of the claimed violation. See, e.g., Somers v. Statewide Grievance Committee, 245 Conn. 277, 296-98, 715 A.2d 712 (1998) . At this point, I depart from the majority’s
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that employer failed to carry its burden to demonstrate that its past payment of maintenance and cure entitled it to an offset against jones act damages award for lost wages
B. holding that the defendant failed to carry his burden of proving the invalidity of the waivers of counsel for prior colorado convictions
C. holding that defendants failed to carry burden of proof to show that plaintiffs failed to mitigate damages when among other things they offered no evidence contradicting the plaintiffs evidence
D. holding that committee failed to carry its ultimate burden
E. holding that the utility did not carry its burden of proof by merely opening its books to inspection
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.