no. b-000119-c melinda matthews, individually ) in the district court ...

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1 A Ask me that again.
2 Q Do you know what the legal implications of the
3 American Dairy Queen and Strickland Drive Dairy Queen
4 franchise agreement are?
5 A Some.
6 Q Page 11, top, it is your understanding that in
7 1997 ADQ developed a program under which Texas
8 Dairy Queen stores could be audited by a playground
9 safety consultant?
10 A Yes.
11 Q Was the right to do that in the
12 Strickland Drive Dairy Queen franchise agreement?
13 A No.
14 Q So, that's something that American Dairy Queen
15 was able to do outside the Strickland Drive Dairy Queen
16 agreement?
17 A The franchise agreement doesn't give them the
18 right or not - doesn't address whether they can or can't
19 do it. It was a program they developed. The agreement
20 would be silent on whether or not they could do it.
21 Q And if the agreement - franchise agreement is
22 silent on whether or not the franchisor can do
23 something, how is it that the franchisor gets to do
24 that?
25 A As a leader, good business practices, prudent.