Garth wins a cool mil

 

An Oklahoma jury decided in favour of native son superstar singer Garth Brooks on Tuesday, saying a hospital company defrauded him by accepting a $500,000 donation and failing to honor his request to name a building for his late mother. The jury decided on Tuesday evening to award Brooks $1 million, according to Hardy Watkins, vice president of marketing and communications for the hospital company, Integris Health. The total includes Brooks’s original donation as actual damages plus another $500,000 in punitive damages.