Ex-Toyota dealer wins $550,000 from N.H. city after spending millions on 18-year legal dispute

Toyota dealership in New Hampshire — Jim Boyle, center, sold Toyota of Portsmouth to Matt McGovern, right, of McGovern Auto Group in April 2024. (Hand-out/MCGOVERN AUTO GROUP)

April 03, 2025 10:00 AM

A New Hampshire city attorney’s oversight in the 1960s led to a nearly two-decade legal battle over a sewer line that blocked a Toyota dealer’s expansion plans.

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