(KCEN) -- After three years of legal battles, country music singer Garth Brooks has won big.
The signer sued his hometown hospital after they didn't come through with a $500,000 wing in his mother's name.
"I'm so glad it's over," said Brooks. "I no longer feel like I'm crazy."
Brooks claimed he had a verbal agreement with Integris Health that it would build and name a women's center in honor of his late mother -- in exchange for a $500,000 donation.
But talks broke down and the center was never built.
"We were never able to get to an agreement so we couldn't spend the money," said Hardy Watkins, Integris Vice President of Communications.
Integris wouldn't return it, either.
A three-year legal battle ended this week with jurors awarding Brooks his donation amount plus the same in punitive damages totaling $1 million dollars.
"We wanted to show them not to do that anymore, to other people who couldn't take them to court if they needed to," said Juror Beverly Lacy.
Brooks' presence at the trial, along with wife and fellow country star Trisha Yearwood drew crowds of onlookers. Several jurors even admitted to being fans. Though, claiming they could remain neutral. But the hospital which stands along Garth Brooks Blvd also has its defenders who think Brooks is the one who broke his promise.
"I think if he wants a building for his mother, he's got enough money to build his own," said one Yukon resident.
There's even been talk of stripping the singer's name from the town's iconic water tower.
Still, Brooks has no hard feelings towards his hometown, and hopes to still honor his mother one day.
