ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Court TV) — A Florida appeals court has struck down a $213.5 million judgment awarded to a family who claimed a hospital held a child captive and led to her mother’s suicide.
Maya Kowalski and her family won their lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (JHACH) , with a jury awarding them more than $250 million, which was later reduced to $213.5 million. The Kowalski family was the subject of the Netflix documentary “Take Care of Maya,” which chronicled Maya’s battle with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome , a neuropathic disease that causes extreme pain.
Maya Kowalski listens as the verdict is read in court for her family’s civil trial on Nov. 9, 2023. (Court TV)
Maya’s previous treatments of high-dose ketamine and complaints of frequent pain prompt

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