One of Netflix’s newest releases was the documentary Take Care of Maya, which premiered on the 2023 movie schedule at the Tribeca Film Festival. In this heartbreaking documentary, the Kowalski Family was forever changed when 11-year-old Maya was taken to the ER at John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital over severe stomach pain. When the hospital separated Maya from her family with accusations that her parents were a danger to her, her mother took her own life. In the mega-million lawsuit against the hospital, a verdict was reached with a jury siding against John Hopkins.
In September, according to The Independent, the Kowalski Family sued John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital for $55 million in compensatory damages and $165 million in punitive damages. According to Fox 13 News, the jury reached a verdict siding against the hospital, and it awarded the family $211,451,174 as well as an additional $50,000,000 in punitive damages for false imprisonment and false imprisonment with battery. This would total more than $261 million.
