The defendants argue that Virginia law should apply to the loss of consortium claim because that claim "is governed by ‘the law of the state where the marriage is domiciled’ rather than the law of the state where the wrong occurred." Defs.' Mem. at 4 (quoting Cardenas v. Muangman, 998 A.2d 303, 312 (D.C. 2010) ). In response, the plaintiffs argue that the governmental interest analysis compels this Court to apply District of Columbia law because the District "has the greater interest in ruling" on the issue of loss of consortium, whereas "Virginia has little if any interest in whether a consortium claim is recognized herein other than to the extent that the allowance of such a claim promotes its government interest in its citizens achieving maximum recovery."