The plaintiff class consisted of "all persons or entities throughout the United States that were Meineke franchisees operating at any time during or after May of 1986." As a Meineke franchisee, each putative class member is or has been a party to one or more FTAs with Meineke. FTAs expire after a fixed period, usually 15 years, at which point the franchise can be renewed or terminated. During the time relevant to this lawsuit, Meineke periodically revised the FTA, so several different versions of the contract are at issue in this action. Under all versions of the FTA, each franchisee was to pay

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*335Meineke an initial franchise fee (which is sometimes waived) and thereafter some percentage of its weekly gross revenue (generally 7-8%) as a royalty. Franchisees also paid Meineke ten percent of weekly revenues to fund national and local advertising. Initially, franchisees made these advertising contributions directly to a third-party advertising agency, M & N Advertising ("M & N"), which placed ads on a commission basis. After late 1982, franchisees paid their ten percent contributions to a central account maintained by Meineke, the Weekly Advertising Contribution ("WAC") account.

Question 1

What is the best treatment for rubral tremors besides treating the

aetiology?4150

Question 2

What is meant by 'inversion of reflexes'? I have found this term in a few

membership exams.

Question 3

Is it possible for patients with posterior column lesions to be suffering

from allodynia, with pain on pressure to different musculoskeletal

points? Or is this more likely to be caused by fibromyalgia?

Question 4

How do the clinical success rates of gabapentin and carbamazepine

compare?

Question 5

What clinical tests can be done to determine dissociative sensory loss?

Question 6

What is the recommended dose of urograffin before performing contrastenhanced computed tomography? How far in advance should this be

administered before imaging when an intracerebral abscess or glial

tumour is suspected?

Question 7

How many urografin ampoules (76% concentration) should be

administered before a CT brain scan with contrast searching for a mass

lesion, and how many minutes before imaging should these be injected?

Question 8

1. What is the difference between fluid-attenuated inversion recovery

(FLAIR) and T2-weighted MRI scans?

Question 9

Does lumbosacral MRI refer to lumbosacral spines or to lumbosacral cord

segments?

Question 10

What type of painful stimuli can be applied in calculating the Glasgow

Coma Scale for both motor and eye-opening responses, and how should

these be applied?