Sanders v. Board of Trustees of the Mountain Home School District No. 193

BURDICK, Chief Justice.

The Board of Trustees of the Mountain Home School District No. 193 (“Board”) appeals the district court’s denial of the Board’s request for attorney fees. This case arose when School District employee Terri Sanders claimed that the Board breached its contract with her by hiring a candidate less qualified than her for a teaching position that Sanders had also applied for. After a jury found the Board did not breach its contract, the district court held the Board was not entitled to attorney fees under I.C. § 12-117 because Sanders presented a legitimate issue for trial.…