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

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1 Q Knowing what you know from all the documents
2 that you have been given, would you allow a child to
3 have played on that playground back in the condition it
4 was in in October of 1999?
5 A With what I know now, no.
6 Q It appears that in the two years prior to
7 Tyler's death, there were three people on a local level
8 with interest in the Strickland Dairy Queen, right?
9 MR. LIGHTY: Object to the form.
10 A I don't know.
11 Q You don't know?
12 A I don't know.
13 Q Well, regardless of how many people had an
14 interest in that Strickland Dairy Queen, ADQ has always
15 been above them in the Dairy Queen system or family --
16 MR. LIGHTY: Object to form.
17 Q -- correct?
18 A I don't understand your comment. What does
19 "above them" mean?
20 Q That ADQ is the top dog, and it all flows down
21 from them.
22 MR. LIGHTY: Object to the form.
23 A ADQ is the franchisor.
24 Q Well, doesn't ADQ consider itself a family?
25 A I don't know.