ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ( WWSB ) – On Wednesday, October 29, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals overturned a high-profile verdict against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and ordered a new trial.

Court documents said the trial court “misinterpreted and misapplied section 39.203(1)(a), Florida Statutes, which provides immunity for good‑faith child‑abuse reporting and good‑faith participation in Chapter 39 dependency proceedings.”

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“The final judgment in favor of the Kowalskis is reversed. On remand, only the IIED claim brought on behalf of Maya and the remaining false imprisonment, battery, and medical negligence claims may be retried,” Judge Black wrote for the court.

It was determined that the hospital had t

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