Sen. Rand Paul was awarded over $580,000 in damages by a Kentucky jury on Wednesday after he was attacked by his neighbor in the fall of 2017. Paul, R-Ky., was awarded $375,000 in punitive damages and $200,000 for pain and suffering, plus $7,834 for medical expenses. SEN. RAND PAUL TO UNDERGO HERNIA SURGERY IN CANADA AFTER ATTACK BY NEIGHBORThe lawmaker was violently attacked by his neighbor, Rene Boucher, in November 2017 while he was mowing his lawn. Paul at the time said he thought Boucher should've faced a longer sentence for the attack, which kept Paul off Capitol Hill for nearly two weeks. “There was no ‘longstanding dispute.’ This description is untrue,” a spokesman for Paul told Fox News in 2018.

Source: Fox News January 30, 2019 23:54 UTC