SARASOTA, Fla. (Court TV) — A new chapter of drama has begun for the family at the center of the Netflix documentary “Take Care of Maya,” as it has filed a lawsuit against its previous trial attorneys, accusing them of professional malpractice.
Maya Kowalski testified in court on Oct. 9, 2023. (Court TV)
Maya Kowalski and her family won their lawsuit against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in 2023 after claiming that the hospital had held Maya prisoner and led to her mother’s death by suicide. The lawsuit, filed in 2018, alleged that the hospital’s treatment of Maya, who suffers from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, amounted to child abuse and false imprisonment. The jury agreed and awarded the family more than $250 million dollars. That amount was later reduced to $213.5 million; in 2025, a Florida appeals court struck down the judgment in its entirety and remanded the case for retrial.
At the trial for the civil lawsuit, the Kowalski family was represented by the law firm GlennAnderson, led by married couple Greg and Jennifer Anderson. Now, the Kowalski family has filed a lawsuit against the Andersons and their firm, accusing them of professional malpractice…