The jurors also heard from Charlotte LaPorte, a DCF employee responsible for Maya’s case in 2016. She clarified her role in supervising a phone call between Maya and her mother, correcting a prior misconception that it was a social worker from All Children’s who had participated.
Maya’s ordeal began in 2015 when she was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and started ketamine treatments on the recommendation of Dr. Anthony Kirkpatrick, an anesthesiologist. Later, Maya traveled to Monterrey, Mexico, for a ketamine coma treatment. Since leaving All Children’s in 2017, Maya has not received ketamine treatments and has been working on her physical and mental recovery.
Maya’s legal representatives argue that she experienced mistreatment during her hospital stay, resulting in post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. The Kowalski family’s legal team comprises Gregory A. Anderson, Jennifer C. Anderson, Nicholas P. Whitney, Raymond T. Elligett Jr., and Amy S. Farrior.
The defense for Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital is led by C. Howard Hunter, Ethen Shapiro, David Hughes, Patricia Crauwels, and Chris W. Altenbernd.
