An appeals court just overturned a $213.5 million verdict against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in a case that inspired a Netflix documentary, ruling that a prior Judge misapplied Florida’s child abuse immunity law.

In a 47-page opinion , viewable below, a three-Judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal reversed the 2023 jury award to Maya Kowalski and her family and ordered a new trial only on limited issues.

The court said Sarasota Circuit Judge Hunter Carroll should have dismissed several claims, including false imprisonment tied to Kowalski’s initial hospital stay and the intentional infliction of emotional distress on her mother, Beata , who committed suicide after she was reported for child abuse.

Its reasoning: Once hospital staff reported suspected ab

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