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

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1 A The initiative was greater than Texas. It was
2 systemwide, and it was to get people to deal with their
3 playground safety issues because they couldn't in a
4 contractual obligation they had.
5 MR. LAWDERMILK: Object as nonresponsive.
6 Q That's just not what I asked.
7 MR. LIGHTY: Object to side-bar.
8 Q (By Mr. Lawdermilk) Do you recognize that in
9 1996 or '97 American Dairy Queen undertook a project to
10 make the Texas Dairy Queen playgrounds come into
11 compliance with the CPSC?
12 MR. LIGHTY: Object to form.
13 A I don't recognize that the way you put it, no.
14 Q Okay. Well, you recognize that one of
15 American Dairy Queen's goals back in 1996 or '97 for the
16 Texas Dairy Queen playgrounds were that they would come
17 into compliance with the CPSC?
18 A Nor do I recognize that the way you say it.
19 Q Will you agree from the documents that you
20 have seen that as early as 1998, American Dairy Queen
21 recognized that a serious injury and/or fatality could
22 occur to a child on a Texas Dairy Queen playground if
23 the playgrounds were not brought into compliance with
24 the CPSC?
25 A I don't know.