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

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1 the playground project for ADQ?
2 MR. LIGHTY: Object to the form.
3 A That's the term we were using earlier. There
4 was a - I don't know -- I'm not familiar with the term
5 "playground project."
6 Q Who is it at ADQ that you believe was in
7 charge of attempting to have the Texas Dairy Queen
8 playgrounds come into compliance with the CPSC?
9 A I am unclear as to where accountability lies.
10 Responsibility seems to be with a number of people who
11 did things.
12 Q If ADQ can require or mandate a franchisee to
13 do something, that means that ADQ has control over what
14 they - over the thing that they can require or mandate
15 them to do, right?
16 A It is not quite that way. A set of -- A set
17 of consequences kicks in when a mandated or a required
18 standard isn't followed because, again, it relates to
19 the intellectual property of the franchisor. So, it --
20 Q Okay.
21 A -- it sort of, I think, doesn't quite
22 adequately explain the relationship to say they have got
23 control over what isn't followed. It is theirs by
24 right. It is not even a question of control. It is
25 theirs.