In the case of Del Pilar v.DHL Global Customer Solutions (USA), Inc., the court determined that:
A)Silver Ink was DHL's employee and, thus, DHL was liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior.
B)determining the nature of Silver Ink's relationship with DHL was a factual issue inappropriate for summary judgment.
C)Silver Ink was an independent contractor for whose conduct DHL was not liable.
D)the descriptive labels employed by the parties are controlling as to whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor.

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The court determined that the nature of Silver Ink's relationship with DHL was a factual issue that could not be resolved through summary judgment. This suggests that the court did not consider Silver Ink to be clearly either an employee or an independent contractor, and therefore further factual inquiry was necessary to determine the appropriate legal classification. The other options are not supported by the case description.

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