"Controversial 'Take Care of Maya' Trial: Hospital Faces Lawsuit Over Multi-Million Dollar Payout"
A jury in Florida has awarded $261 million in damages to a family who accused Johns Hopkins Hospital of false imprisonment, battery, and medical negligence, including preventing them from seeing their daughter while she was placed there. The daughter, Maya Kowalski, has also filed additional charges of assault and sexual abuse against the hospital. The family's story was the subject of a Netflix documentary titled "Take Care of Maya." The case revolves around Maya's debilitating pain and her mother's alleged Munchausen syndrome by proxy, which led to their separation and the mother's subsequent suicide.