LeeLamma Lal, 67, is a nurse who has served at Palms West Hospital for over 21 years. Her family has hired a law firm to ...

A Florida nurse who had essentially every bone in her face broken by a Baker Act patient who attacked her has a long road to recovery as her family demands change.

Stephen Scantlebury will remain at the Palm Beach County Jail prior to his attempted murder trial for the beating of Leelamma ...

Stephen Scantlebury will remain at the Palm Beach County Jail prior to his attempted murder trial for the beating of Leelamma ...

Leelamma Lal, a 67-year-old nurse at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, may lose her eyesight as a result of the beating she ...

Health care workers are looking to lawmakers to get stronger safety measures on the books, and harsher penalties for assault.

The brutal attack of a Palm Beach County nurse by a patient at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital last week is hitting close to the heart of health care workers.

ROYAL PALM BEACH — The attorneys representing the nurse attacked last week at HCA Florida Palm West Hospital have identified the victim as Leelamma Lal, 67, a Royal Palm Beach resident who has ...

Instead, it was a man who said a patient at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital had attacked Leelamma Lal, the 67-year-old nurse — and that due to the severity of her injuries, medics had flown her ...

The nurse, 67-year-old Leelamma Lal of Royal Palm Beach, may lose her eyesight as a result of the beating. Lawyers for the patient say he suffers from mental-health issues and sought bail ...