Margaret Carmel, BoiseDev

Margaret Carmel is a BoiseDev senior reporter focused on the City of Boise, housing, homelessness and growth. Contact her at [email protected] or by phone at (757) 705-8066.

Big City awarded $3 million in lawsuit against Boise State administrators

The jury awarded Sarah Jo Fendley $3 million in damages for business losses, mental and emotional distress, personal humiliation and lost reputation. One former Boise State administrator was liable for another $1 million in punitive damages.

Opening arguments in Big City vs. Boise State case: ‘Sacrificed’? Or seeking special treatment?

This story originally was published at BoiseDev.com. Four years after the tensions of 2020 began and the fallout from Big City Coffee leaving its short-lived Boise State University location, attorneys are finally facing off in the courtroom. On Thursday, lawyers stood before the jury on the second day of the trial between Big City Coffee and…