Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 19th Edition by John Ashcroft,Katherine Ashcroft,Martha Patterson

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Injured while using exercise equipment at AMTX Hotel Corporation's Holiday Inn in Texas, Cathy Trei sued AMTX in New Mexico, where she lived. AMTX was a franchisee of Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), the franchisor of Holiday Inns. AMTX did not have any facilities, employees, or agents in New Mexico, so it normally could not be sued in New Mexico courts. But Trei alleged that the national advertising of IHG, which she saw and heard, should be imputed to AMTX. She alleged that IHG acted as AMTX's agent by promoting Holiday Inn in New Mexico since AMTX benefitted from these promotional activities. Was IHG the agent of AMTX?