I heard about the Netflix documentary, Taking Care of Maya. It's about a young girl named Maya Kowalski who had a rare syndrome which causes her pain without any injury.
A hospital decided that this diagnosis was false and that the parents were abusing the girl. They took the girl away and held her in the hospital against her will and would not allow her parents to see it.
The mother ultimately hanged herself.
Maya sued the hospital for false imprisonment, among other things.
She just won $221 million.
Netflix's Maya Kowalski breaks down in court as she WINS $220M lawsuit against 'dysfunctional' All Children's Hospital as jury finds her false imprisonment by medics drove her mom to suicide
Jurors ruled in favor of Maya Kowalski, 17, in her $220 million lawsuit
It was found that Johns Hopkins All Children's hospital callously dismissed Maya's debilitating condition and falsely claimed her mom made it up
Maya's mom, Beata, ultimately took her own life, with the jury finding the hospital's mistakes led to the tragedy
Jurors in the trial between Netflix teen Maya Kowalski and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital have ruled in favor of Maya, finding the hospital liable of allegations including false imprisonment.
Kowalski broke down in tears as the verdict was read, with over $200 million in damages awarded to her which she will receive when she reaches 18-years-old.
The jury found that mistakes made by the hospital caused or were likely to have caused Kowalski's mother to kill herself, in a ruling that elicited a heartbreaking reaction from the courtroom.
The issue had been central to the trial, with Maya, her father Jack and brother Kyle suing JHACH in St Petersburg, Florida alleging that accusations of child abuse against Maya's mother, Beata, led to her taking her own life in 2017.
The trio were emotional as their attorney and the defense presented closing arguments on Tuesday with both sides agreeing it was important for 'closure.'
Maya, 17, was just 10 years old when she was removed by the state after doctors at the hospital accused her parents of faking symptoms for her rare condition - complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). During her three-month hospital stay, Beata was forbidden from seeing her.
The family argue that the grief stricken mom fell into a depression and ultimately hanged herself in the family garage but the Florida medical facility has vehemently denied these allegations and others set against them. The tragedy was later detailed in the Netflix documentary 'Taking Care of Maya.'
In its ruling on Thursday, the hospital was found liable for false imprisonment of Maya; battery of Maya; fraudulent billing of her father Jack; inflicting emotional distress on Beata; wrongful death claim for the estate of Beata; and intentionally inflicting emotional distress on Maya.
In a statement after the ruling was handed down, Howard Hunter, attorney from Hill Ward Henderson who represented Johns Hopkins in the case, told DailyMail.com that the hospital intends to appeal the decision.
'We thank the jury for their time and attention during this trial and intend to pursue an appeal based on clear and prejudicial errors throughout the trial and deliberate conduct by plaintiff's counsel that misled the jury,' the statement read.
The reading of the verdict: