Lawyer: Rand Paul award excessive; new trial requested

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — The attorney for a man who attacked U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in a dispute over lawn maintenance has appealed a jury’s decision to award the lawmaker $580,000 in damages. The Daily News reports attorney Matt Baker argued in a motion filed last week for a new trial that the financial penalties levied against Rene Boucher at the civil trial were excessive given Paul’s injuries and Boucher’s cooperation with authorities.
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