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

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1 leading.
2 A Yes, I do.
3 Q And can you expound upon that?
4 A Well, I think that -- First of all, they had
5 meetings, they sent out an expert, and if the franchisee
6 didn't like the report, they even offered a 200-dollar
7 credit if the person wanted to get their own expert.
8 They just wanted the playground inspected to raise the
9 awareness of the franchisee about the issues that they
10 were exposed to and the customers were exposed to with
11 the hope that that awareness would get the franchisee to
12 act and get their playgrounds either shut down, removed,
13 or fixed.
14 Q Is it your expert opinion that American
15 Dairy Queen or International Dairy Queen could have
16 defaulted any of the Texas franchises who were under a
17 similar license agreement that we have looked at as
18 Exhibit 15 or any of the addendums for failing to follow
19 these playground or manufacturers' guidelines or CPSC
20 guidelines?
21 A No. And -- Because the first question anybody
22 asks is: Where is it in the franchise agreement?
23 Q And where is it - what is to enforce?
24 A Yeah - "Where does it mention playgrounds in
25 the franchise agreement" or "Where is the addendum that