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Hospital Chief: Brooks Discussed $15 Million Gift
msnbc.com 3 weeks, 5 days agoCLAREMORE, Oklahoma (AP) -- An Oklahoma hospital executive says country singer Garth Brooks considered giving $15 million to his facility if it would name itself after his late mother. Brooks is suing the Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital, saying it wouldn't name a women's center for Colleen Brooks after receiving $500,000 from him. The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/Avdi1z ) reports that hospital president James Moore testified Thursday that discussions initially involved a much larger gift. An intern
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Brooks' Lawyers: Hospital Records Back Naming Plan
msnbc.com 3 weeks, 6 days agoCLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) -- Lawyers for country singer Garth Brooks told jurors Wednesday that a hospital's internal documents back his claim that a $500,000 donation was intended for a women's center to be named after his late mother. Brooks wants the Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital in his hometown of Yukon to return the money, donated in 2005. He claims in a lawsuit that hospital administrators reneged on their pledge to name a part of a medical complex after Colleen Brooks. Jurors began hearing t


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