"Judge Reduces 'Take Care of Maya' Payout by $47.5M"

A judge has reduced Netflix's Maya Kowalski's $261 million payout by $47.5 million, but rejected a retrial motion from Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. The hospital was sued after wrongly accusing Kowalski's mother of Munchausen-by-proxy syndrome, leading to Kowalski's removal from her family and her mother's suicide. The judge found some of the jury's awarded damages excessive and ordered a reduction, but also dismissed allegations of jury tampering. Johns Hopkins plans to appeal, while Kowalski's case, depicted in a Netflix docuseries, has sparked national attention.