$35-Million Lawsuit Filed Over Jammed Phone Lines
Associated Press
TULSA, Okla. — A doctor who couldn’t reach 911 to help his dying wife because telephone lines were jammed with calls for Garth Brooks concert tickets has sued Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for $35 million.
Southwestern Bell said at the time that its system was simply overwhelmed by calls for concert tickets.
The lawsuit was filed in Tulsa District Court on behalf of Dr. Homer Hardy Jr., whose 67-year-old wife died of a heart attack July 18.
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