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'Take Care of Maya' Case: Appeals Court Reverses $213M Verdict Against St. Pete Hospital
The appeals court ruled the hospital acted in good faith with child protection efforts, overturning a $208 million verdict tied to alleged medical negligence and abuse claims.
- In Sarasota, an appeals court on Wednesday, Oct. 29, vacated the $208 million judgment against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and reversed the 2023 verdict.
- The case began when Maya Kowalski was admitted in 2016 for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome after ketamine treatments, hospital staff reported suspected child abuse, and a judge soon sheltered her under state custody.
- The three-judge panel found that Circuit Judge Hunter Carroll erred in allowing emotionally charged evidence and not dismissing claims protected by Florida Statute 39.203.
- The immediate result is a curtailing of available remedies, as punitive damages are foreclosed and claims must meet rigorous Chapter 39 immunity; Ethen Shapiro, Hill Ward Henderson, said the ruling protects mandatory reporters and the hospital will defend its staff.
- State lawmakers have pursued reforms and last month refiled SB 42 and HB 57, with advocates noting pending 2026 legislation might have influenced the case, after Netflix's 'Take Care of Maya' brought national attention.
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'Take Care of Maya' case: Appeals court reverses $213M verdict against St. Pete hospital
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida appeals court has reversed a $213 million verdict against Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in the case that sparked from the Netflix documentary, "Take Care of Maya." Maya Kowalski and her family filed a lawsuit against the hospital in St. Petersburg following the release of the documentary in 2023. In the suit, the family argued the hospital wrongly denied Maya Kowalski's mother, Beata, from seeing h…
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