Jurors continued to hear testimony Wednesday in the $220 million case against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital featured in the Netflix documentary ‘Take Care of Maya.’
Jurors heard from Mark Zimmerman, the attorney who represented Maya Kowalski after she was taken into state care. He told jurors he felt as if the St. Pete hospital, and in particular social worker Catherine Beddy made an effort to put up barriers for him to access Maya.
He told jurors years after being diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, or CRPS, Maya continues to have flare-ups.Maya's father back on the stand "We wouldn’t be able to leave without taking Maya. They stated that we’d be arrested," Jack Kowalski explained on Tuesday. Jack Kowalski went on to describe how the hospital treated those who tried to visit Maya inside the facility.
"He explained the procedure. He talked about how it’s been around for quite a long time. He mentioned it’s used for many things, and it’s safe," Jack Kowalski stated during testimony on Monday. "The side effect when they’re coming out of it is a hallucination for a short time, but then everything is back to normal."
However, staff at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital disagreed with the ketamine treatments and suspected Maya was a victim of child abuse. What is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?
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