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

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1 A Yes.
2 Q What is your basis for that opinion?
3 A An understanding of multiunit retail.
4 Q Do you have any understanding or any training
5 in the field of law?
6 A No.
7 Q But you will agree that ADQ has a
8 responsibility and an obligation to customers to bring a
9 noncomplying franchisee into compliance, won't you?
10 A Yes.
11 Q And, in fact, you will agree that ADQ had an
12 obligation and a responsibility to its customers to
13 bring the Strickland Drive Dairy Queen into compliance?
14 MR. LIGHTY: Ob --
15 A With what?
16 Q With whatever they were in noncompliance with.
17 MR. LIGHTY: Object to form.
18 A Not necessarily - subject to the franchise
19 agreement.
20 Q Well, can you be in noncompliance if it is
21 outside the scope of the franchise agreement?
22 A Yeah. Their driver's license might be out
23 of - might have lapsed.
24 Q So, American Dairy Queen has the right and
25 obligation to bring a noncomplying franchisee into