From the RGH: Garth Brooks appeared before a friendly crowd Tuesday — the jurors who will hear his claim that an Oklahoma hospital refused to name a building for his late mother after he gave it $500,000....
Brooks claims he made the donation to Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital in Yukon because he believed at least some part of the facility would be named after his mother. He has sued to have the money returned.
Integris has said the donation was an “unconditional” gift and it has done nothing wrong by not naming a building after Colleen Brooks....
Brooks lives near Owasso, a Tulsa suburb, and is originally from Yukon, near Oklahoma City. His lawyer said the case features “one of the biggest country music stars that ever lived vs. the largest health care system in Oklahoma.”
According to the lawsuit, hospital officials showed Brooks mock-ups of buildings bearing his mother’s name and told him his donation was earmarked for such a project. Brooks’ mother died of cancer in 1999.
In a statement prior to jury selection Tuesday, Brooks’ spokeswoman said the musician was “stunned and hurt” by the company’s failure to name anything for her.
Watkins, the vice president of marketing and communications for Integris
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Did the hospital illegally mislead Brooks into thinking they were going to name a hospital wing or building after his mom or is Brooks just mad because he didn't have the promise in writing?
It's really a stupid lawsuit- the hospital is getting a lot of bad publicity for being stubborn about not naming anything after Brook's mother. Meanwhile, Brooks could have opened up his check book a little more to ensure a building named after his mom and he needs to read the fine print to ensure that he got what he was promised.
So, who's right?
A deal is a deal. It might make him look like a smuck now that he's getting 1millon$'s but they could have at least named some part of the place after his mother.
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