The attorney for a nurse who was brutally attacked at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital last month is officially petitioning the hospital for documents and evidence related to the attack.
Deputies said the injured nurse, Leelamma Lal, was beaten so badly by the patient, Stephen Scantlebury, that “essentially every bone” was broken in her face.
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The “Petition for Pure Bill of Discovery,” filed Thursday morning in Palm Beach County court, is a legal document that requests the court to allow Lal and her attorney to obtain certain documents and evidence related to the Feb 18 attack.
In the petition, attorney Karen Terry is asking for multiple pieces of evidence, including:
- Any and all videos/photographs of Scantlebury during his time at Palms West
- Copies of Scantlebury’s entire medical record from the hospital
- Recordings of calls on Feb. 17-18, if any, that made to any facility that accepts Baker Act patients
- Incident report(s) involving the incident
- All policies and procedures in effect in February 2025 that deal with the admission, treatment and safety protocol involving a Baker Act patient
“Respondent [HCA Florida Palms West] provided insufficient security, IF ANY, to Petitioner [Lal] or to Scantlebury. Respondent made no efforts to transfer Scantlebury to a Baker Act facility,” the petition alleges. Read the full petition below: …