Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and ERVIN and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge ERVIN and Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

This case is a study in the tensions that can beset the franchisor-franchisee relationship. Ten owners of Meineke Discount Muffler franchises sued franchisor Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Inc. ("Meineke"), Meineke's in-house advertising agency New Horizons Advertising, Inc. ("New Horizons"), three officers of Meineke, and Meineke's corporate parents GKN plc ("GKN") and GKN Parts Industries Corporation ("PIC"). Plaintiffs claimed that Meineke's handling of franchise advertising breached the Franchise and Trademark Agreements ("FTAs") that Meineke had entered into with every franchisee. Plaintiffs also advanced a raft of tort and statutory unfair trade practices claims arising out of the same conduct. The plaintiff-franchisees purported to advance these claims on behalf of a nationwide class of current and former Meineke dealers. Plaintiffs won a $390 million judgment against Meineke and its affiliated parties.question 31

Can proximal muscle weakness be more than that of the distal muscles in

cases of upper motor neurone lesions?

Question 32

In the absence of either myopathy or radiculopathy, could a pyramidal

tract lesion be diagnosed despite a distribution of weakness that is

proximal more than distal?

Question 33

Are brisk deep tendon reflexes, rather than hyperreflexia, pathognomonic

of pyramidal tract lesion?

Question 34

What is Wartenberg's reflex (sign), and is it diagnostic of a pyramidal

tract lesion?

Question 35

Must an extensor plantar response be present in order to diagnose a

pyramidal tract lesion even in the presence of weakness of pyramidal

distribution and other pathological reflexes?

Question 36

Is it common to find Babinski's sign positive in Todd's paralysis?

Question 37

In a case of paraplegia owing to an upper motor neuron lesion, does the

ability of the patient to sit indicate intact thoracic segments?

Question 38

Can the Brown-Squard syndrome be diagnosed with pyramidal

weakness of one lower limb and hypoaesthesia of the other lower

limb but with no dissociative sensory loss of the hypoaesthetic limb?

Question 39

Is there more than one method of demonstrating dysdiadochokinesia in

upper limbs?

Question 40

What is the difference between kinetic and intention tremors?