Medical Kidnapping Trial Starts in Florida; Case Featured on Netflix’s ‘Take Care of Maya’

A Florida hospital was allegedly involved in medically kidnapping a 10-year-old girl suffering from a rare disease.

Maya Kowalski was diagnosed with a rare medical condition in 2016. Her mother committed suicide after she was accused of making up her daughter's illness. Courtesy of attorney Nick Whitney

Medical kidnapping is set to take center stage in Florida as a civil case begins jury selection this week. The case, made famous on Netflix, involves parents who lose custody of their then-10-year-old daughter after checking her into a Florida children’s hospital for severe pain.

Netflix’s “Take Care of Maya” chronicles the story of Maya Kowalski and her parents, Jack and Beata Kowalski, as they navigated Maya’s rare illness, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS).