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

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1 asked - where ADQ asked for permission to perform the
2 audit; or did they just go in there and do it?
3 A There may have been. What we do know is there
4 was some stores - five, I think - that refused to allow
5 them to do the survey. So, somebody must have been
6 aware of something to refuse.
7 MR. LAWDERMILK: I object as
8 nonresponsive.
9 Q (By Mr. Lawdermilk) Do you know if ADQ asked
10 for permission before performing the audits on the Texas
11 Dairy Queen playgrounds?
12 MR. LIGHTY: Object to the form.
13 A I simply don't know.
14 Q Okay. In your years of dealing with
15 franchises, have you seen where other franchisors have
16 taken on similar projects?
17 A I thought a lot about that question. I can't
18 think of one that is similar.
19 I'll comment on that, though. In this
20 report I mentioned Mr. Gatti's with Gattiland and the
21 reason I mentioned that was our company wrote the
22 manuals for that operation and I don't know if you are
23 familiar with it, but it is a huge enclosed indoor area
24 that even has ferris wheels inside and in their
25 operating manual, the franchisees were required to