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OK Hospital vs. Garth Brooks: Guess Who Won?
Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital in Yukon, OK waged a public legal battle against a deep-pocketed music legend trying to honor the memory of his mother. The ill will could—and should—have been avoided.
So, the jury can identify with a multimillionaire instead of a tiny community hospital? My, oh, my this logic escapes me. Kinda like the Occupy Wall Street crowd who thought multibillionaire Steve Jobs was one of "them", the 99%.
The case was even more difficult for Integris when it came out that in the pitch to get him to contribute - they showed him mockups of a building in the hospital complex bearing his mother's name