Maya Kowalski sobs as jury awards family over $200M after hospital treatment led to mom's suicide
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A Florida jury on Thursday awarded $211 million to the family of Maya Kowalski, who alleged that Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital staff drove Maya's mother to suicide.
The jury found that JHAC had falsely imprisoned Maya, fraudulently billed her family and caused them severe emotional distress. The jury also determined that social worker Catherine Bedy had battered Maya, and Dr. Sally Smith had medically neglected Maya, who was ten years old when she was admitted to JHAC for a rare medical condition. Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
Maya cried and grasped a rosary in her hand as the jury's decision was read aloud in court.
Later on Thursday, the jury awarded a total $50 million in punitive damages to the Kowalski family.
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