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    Brooks' suit against Okla. hospital goes to trial

    Associated Press – Tue, Jan 17, 2012

    CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — Country music star Garth Brooks is suing an Oklahoma hospital that he says reneged on a promise to name a building after his late mother in exchange for a $500,000 donation.

    Brooks' lawsuit against Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital in Yukon seeks the return of the December 2005 donation. The trial at the Rogers County District Court begins Tuesday.

    Brooks says hospital officials showed him mock-ups of buildings bearing Colleen Brooks' name and told him his donation was earmarked for such a project.

    The hospital denies any wrongdoing and in court filings says Brooks' donation was "anonymous and unconditional."

     

    63 comments

    • RODSTORMAN
      RODSTORMAN  •  New York, New York  •  4 mths ago
      Garth is a very Genorous Unselfish Man. If it prove's out in Court he was decieved and lead to believe that his wishes would take place, I say they should Pony up!
    • Paulette
      Paulette  •  4 mths ago
      $500,000 is a lot of money. They should honor his mother for such a gracious gift...He has never been one of my favorite singers (I do like some of his music), but I don't think a hospital should take advantage of such a gift.
      • Joseph
        Joseph 4 mths ago
        It is indeed a lot of money, but it's a pretty small drop in the bucket in terms of the total cost of a hospital building. I believe the hospital's expansion/renovation project is in the $27 million range, which likely doesn't even include adding a building. The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, a new building which opened last month and is part of the University of Michigan, got an initial $25 million from the C.S. Mott Foundation, and probably more later.
      • Paulette
        Paulette 4 mths ago
        My bad...I am not financially secure and maybe I look at gifts from ppl differently. When someone does something for you no matter what, you should be thankful. I go out of my way for others and never expect anything in return.. You are right...He should not expect anything in return.
    • tim
      tim  •  4 mths ago
      Kind of a cheap shot by the hospital putting her name on the mock-ups---they knew what they were doing----he should have seen it coming though
    • somesmartthinker
      somesmartthinker  •  Cadillac, Michigan  •  4 mths ago
      You just can't trust people any more, especially when you give them money.
    • NjTexan
      NjTexan  •  Dallas, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Hospitals are "for profit" businesses that can and do charge markups that would result in criminal charges in any other industry. Garth get your money back (hopefully including attorney fees) and donate it to a cause that appreciates your help.
      If anyone doubts the hospital's motivation is anything other then greed, ask yourself who's paying the hospital's attorneys.
    • EJ
      EJ  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  4 mths ago
      Don't blame ya Garth; just don't let the lawyer fees come to more then the original donation.
    • Harley
      Harley  •  4 mths ago
      You'd think by now he would have learned that anything and everything to do with money needs to be in the form of a contract agreement. Sheesh.
    • Gary
      Gary  •  San Diego, California  •  4 mths ago
      The hospital will end up spending his donation on attorney fees. Does he have the agreement in writing? However name is on the building must have made a much larger donation
    • Joseph
      Joseph  •  4 mths ago
      Here's betting that the lawyers involved end up costing more than the total of the donation.
    • MikeS
      MikeS  •  Houston, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      The rich is stealing from the rich. The poor is stealing from the poor. The congress is stealing from the house. The ...... this what the world is about.
    • butch
      butch  •  Mansfield, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      And the Thunder Rolls ............
    • dave
      dave  •  Doylestown, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      Sue them Garth!!!
    • tony c
      tony c  •  Green Bay, Wisconsin  •  4 mths ago
      My God, Grow up people ! Cut with the idiotic remarks and cruel comments. Have you ever heard of PHILANTROPY ? That's what rich folks who donate money for worthy projects do, and in return their name is attached to the project in some manner. That's what Garth did here, and the hospital didn't respond in kind.
    • Scott
      Scott  •  4 mths ago
      I wish I had this problem!
    • Luke
      Luke  •  4 mths ago
      Integris is one of the more crappy hospitals in Oklahoma, Mercy hospital is the absolute worst of them all and he is lucky not to have gone there! Hope some one sues the pants off Mercy hospital before they take another life!
      • Willy
        Willy 4 mths ago
        Thats because they are still a Columbia hospital and Columbia medical are crooks in Tenn...
    • cosmic stranger
      cosmic stranger  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      Hospitals do some wonderous work. In this case however, it sounds as though a board of directors is being petty and spiteful. In this case, they should be forced to return the money...with interest. Oh, and pay the court costs, too. Just as a reminder of what it can cost to be stupid in the face of earnest generousity.
    • Honey
      Honey  •  4 mths ago
      I don't know much about Mr Brooks. Is his mother deceased? Usually that is what I have seen when it comes to naming wings of buildings, etc. "In memory of______"

      If that was the arrangement, and the Hospltal reneged, then they should return the money, or rename the building.
    • LonnieX
      LonnieX  •  Tampa, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      hmm... people don't seem to understand.. this is nothing new with Brooks (giving money to a hospital/university to build a wing and have it named for you or your family)--why do you think your local library, hospital, church has a building or wing named after "that great local.."? It's because that family made a large "donation." If the hospital took his money and didn't build the building, they broke the agreement and should give back the "donation." PERIOD
    • Robert R
      Robert R  •  4 mths ago
      Hospital greed
    • poloplayer
      poloplayer  •  Sankt Moritz, Switzerland  •  4 mths ago
      FOLKS..missing the point...THE RECIEPIENT...THE HOSPITAL BROKE THE AGREEMENT CONDITIONS/ TERMS of the contribution ....So he is requesting the funds back...GOT IT?
      • A Yahoo! User 4 mths ago
        no they don't get it they are absent in mind
      • Melissa
        Melissa 4 mths ago
        you don't know what you are talking about poloplayer - there was no agreement
      • Juanita
        Juanita 4 mths ago
        Its called a VERBAL agreement.
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