Judge is bias and quite frankly rude to the Kowalskis. Inappropriate, huffing and puffing, red in the face, raising his voice to plaintiffs, acting like they are wasting his time. Its sad and uphauling. Insensitive a55!!

To expect someone to go through a 400 page journal while they are on the stand is ridiculous. Why the judge expected that..

I have CRPS and when I was first having symptoms my doctor referred me to a neurologist. The receptionist from my doctor told the nurse at the neurologist that I was a drug seeker. I had only taken what was prescribed for me. However that followed me for years. This is a horrible disorder that is difficult for an adult to deal with. Then your medical team turns on you and your family because they are too lazy to get complete information before they want to tear a family apart.

This has just been incredible! Clearly the girl was ill & in pain! The hosp turned into a group of bullies who were working against the parents and not listening to the girl. I hope the parents and the girl get a ton of money and policy changes. I cant believe the social workers deposition/testimony just nuts!!!!!

This is ridiculous and the judge is clearly on the side of the hospital. Acting exasperated w the Kowalskis. Abhorrent!!!!! I pray to God the jury isn’t tampered with.

I can actually feel this Families pain, & looking @ sweet Maya’s face can make me cry. I totally believe Maya.

I pray to God this family gets retribution for the pain and suffering they endured at the hands of this hospital staff and that Kathy Beady Lady

The family was victimized by the DFS, the hospital, and the legal system including what is happening now.

I realize you could have settled this manner without court but Jack I just want to thank you and your family for going through this in court I know that you are going to make a huge diuference on the lives of so many many children and families and I know how much pain you and your family have endured but the change you’re gonna be making is so huge and so very very needed. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and thank you from all the future children that would’ve had to go through this for not for you and your family and I’m sorry so sorry had to be you, but I’m so thankful for you so God bless and please have hope that things will be brighter in the future for Mýa and for Kyle and for you

The plaintiff’s attorney did not prepare his client for examination.

This judge comes off as a jerk towards the Plaintiff's.

30:34 omg, is this judge for fu*king real????. The judge keeps saying “what I need to know….”. It’s really about what the jury needs to know. And it’s up to the attorneys to decide what they think the jury needs to know. He really just needs to shut up and sustain or overrule objections only. He’s definitely got an attitude problem. I’d even go so far as to say that he is highly narcissistic & should probably be sent to “Nemours” for a mental health program himself…in the event that he’s cleared of having Narcissistic Personality Disorder, that is. If I was the defence, I’d be putting in a motion to have this judge dismissed and start over with a judge who is fair & impartial…and who isn’t a complete a**hole. And if I was the prosecution, I would just ask the father “did Maya make these statements between October 7 2016 and January 13 2017?” Then the father can simply answer yes or no. And if the defence pushed for a more definitive date, the father can simply say it was between 7 October 2016 and 13 January 2017. Cos really he’s simply testifying to the fact that Maya indeed made these complaints about mistreatment towards her by the hospital staff. Why the f*ck is the judge asking questions on behalf of the prosecution or defence at all??? I can’t stand him!!

Had to stop watch, it was really pissing me off. These people punish the parents and make the children miserable. 😡

I also wish Maya had more support in the courtroom as that can speak volumes.

This poor man! What he and his family have endured is just awful! But for gods sake, this lawyer of his is awful! Not prepared at all! It’s like it’s his first day on the job! The family deserves better representation!!!! Don’t even get me started on the judge! What garbage!!!!

The defense attorneys treat Mr. Kowalski like he is a liar from the get go. Very unprofessional, especially the woman attorney.

The poor dad is soooo nervous trying to find maya little notes

Feel so sorry for the dad he did not know to have dates ready, if was me I would fire that attorney, he is of no use

What a disregard for this family's feelings and the life of a 9 years old to have brought her mother to hang herself. This is murder of a mother due to their irresponsible medical assessments that this hospital's cold-hearted report brought. The hospital still is completely irresponsible with the truth and have no conscience toward the death of her mother. Sick!

I hope they win this case smh its sad

This is why you do not want to let a judge make a verdict. It’s obvious the judge works for the government, CPS, and the big corporations.

At least in the court of public opinion, we know who is at fault.

12:27 I really don’t like this judge. He’s so arrogant and impatient and generally quite rude in his demeanour & speech towards attorneys and the father. Which judge tells the attorneys that they can’t ask questions when they are questioning the witness during testimony??? WTF???!!!!

For the love of all that is good. Jack Kowalksi, your family will always have your truthful honorable memorial. For all that you have all gone through, your love prevails and your heart has remained steadfast. Your daughter will recover all her losses and more in heaven. Your son will live in your grace. Jack Kowalski, your wife was a lucky woman regardless of your marital stressors. It was a travesty of medical tyranny and you will set the record straight on behalf of your family. God Bless you all.

Very smart man. Ive always heard document document .

Lawyers should have prepared clients better.....

So brutal. I feel so badly for Mr Kowalski. I kind of wish his lawyer would have known to prep him for dates and stuff. That was really his fault. Such a horrible thing…

The title bugs me. Can we refer to him as 'Jack Kowalski' or 'Maya Kowalski's father'? Safe to conclude that coverage of this case is sufficiently widespread to be calling people by their actual names. This man's experience, and the reason he is up there in this trial in the first place, are so much greater and more significant than "dad of girl from Netflix documentary"

Is this a jury trial? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a trail where the judge did the questioning.

They did a terrible job questioning Maya's father. My heart aches for Maya and her family even though I know they won this case. No amount of $ can make up for all the pain inflicted on this family. ❤️🙏

I jave issues with this judge. Has any noticed that he will covers his mouth to hide his smile when the defense objects, but before he rules in the defenses favor?

This attorney did not do a good job at representing his client.

The judge is terrible with an attitude

Are the public allowed to be in the courtroom? Could we go in to witness this trial and be a part of her support system?

🎉Wow amazing that they won given the incompetence of the family's lawyer! Imagine what would have happened if the lawyer was competent or prepared!!!

What does the judge have to do with anyyyy of this other than making sure things are in control!?

The lawyers seem pretty dense. They keep asking the same questions after theyve already been answered. Are they trying to wear Mr Kowalski out so he'll get flustered and mess up?

The parents should've gone to a pain Doctor😞 These people at the hospital ARE the ones abusing her😔 .... 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼's for Maya and this family. Why did they abuse her like that?!👀😔😞😐😥

They got the worst judge in the world!!! The poor family based on the judge they might lose!!! But I hope the jury can give them some kind of justice!!!!

Who remembers the exact dates that their kid told them things ESPECIALLY when going through an incredibly stressful time in their lives... This man had 3 children, one ill and hospitalized, considering everything that was going on, who would be able to recall exact dates from 8 years ago ... If exact dates were required for Maya's dad to provide testimony then his attorney should have prepared and prepped him. WTH.

Is this from today? I know the jury has the day off but I can't find any streaming today.

Why is the judge asking questions??? I’m use to criminal court. Did I miss something? Are those questions from the jurors?

The defense needs to get over themselves. So arrogant!

The judge has a tuft of hair at the front of his head like Russel Williams the serial killer.....

If he wrote everything the same date then isn't this supposed to be a sequential document? I dont see why this is so hard to follow. If these are written daily why is he mixing up information afterwards?? Very tedious to follow

Tragic all the way around. An adversarial relationship developed between the mother, social workers, and CPS. Understandably, mom was frantic. IMHO, all involved wanted to help Maya. I'm surprised more effort was not made to engage mom and really listen to her. I speak from experience as a mom and a former CPS worker. It was the only professional job I could get out of grad school. Awful experience, and I got out as soon as I could. Why weren't treating MDs and experienced therapists more active in triage meetings with the parents? Mom must of felt so much guilt and shame. Still 200 million is a lot of money, and the family was already awarded over 2 million from CPS. Childrens' hospital serve a lot of sick kids who can't otherwise afford medical care.

Poor girl. I wish I could hug her and give her some support. :( I always wanted a sister :(

I feel so bad for Jack on the stand, as he rumages through his journal trying to find dates. The defense isn't any different than the evil staff at JHACH, it's horrible when compassion doesn't exist. A broken man, repeatedly him and his family are bullied and revictimized, it didn't end when his wife took her own life. My heart goes out to the family.

He can’t look at his own journal & refresh his memory but the hospital staff can look at all of their notes so ridiculous the lawyers for this hospital are disgusting & this judge is so annoying & rude this is why we have lost complete trust in our justice system cops judges DCF doctors all of it

Had it not been for the jury they wouldn’t have won! The lawyer was no good

The name John Hopkins well known they don't want there name smeared in court they have money I'm sure they have the best lawyers Maya doesn't stand a chance that judge needs to stop being an A$$ . I watched the documentary her mother hung herself out of frustration I would do everything in my power to fight for my child and get the best care I have 2 specials needs adults I fought for them from the day they were born referrals ,specialists to get a diagnosis and I did get one my son is 31 years old and my daughter is 25 years old got the treatment they needed it's a hard long journey document everything 🙏🙏🙏follow your instincts

I think this was from Day 10 of trial on Thursday 10/5/2023.

What a badly prepared witness !

Judge is not on the jury panel, so why he keeps clarifying what was already said? Am I the only one who is not understanding this court hearing process?

I think the Judge tries to lighten things up @ times but due to the extreme sensitive nature of this case it can appear inappropriate @ times, but he’s trying.

What is wrong with the attorney for the family? It would appear that the father had little or no preparation, and in a case against a huge hospital and asking for a lot of money, the attorney should want his witnesses to be better prepared. I feel so sorry for the dad, because of the way he is being treated by these impatient people. But his attorney should have made sure the guy was prepared. Doesn't he have staff that could have put his notes into a format easy to read and use on the stand? I do have questions about a few things that Maya said, though. If her pain got really bad, how would she be able to eat, tool around the hospital, play the piano, etc? Makes little sense, because typically severe pain only gets worse if not treated, and you will get sicker and sicker. I did not see any signs of her moving around a lot, like that young lady doc said she would do when nobody was there, but it IS a little hard to believe that ALL hospital staff were lying about a child. I want to see Maya testify. Her poor dad seems overwhelmed, and it's a shame our courts allow these attorneys and judges to treat people badly. He seems embarrassed. Nobody should be shamed because of being unprepared. Btw, I did not like that Cathy person at all. I can believe she's shady as all get out. I also can imagine that the dark haired young doctor is an impatient and cold provider who would take one look at a person claiming to have chronic pain and call them an addict, just like lots of docs do now because of government overreach into medical treatments using legal opioids. That's got to stop. Call your legislators! Legal opioids did not cause the opioid crisis, it was street fentanyl, and addiction is rare in chronic pain patients. That's FACTUAL.

Wtf this judge is an a55 hol

Rules of conduct?!

I could have distilled this whole questioning down to 2 mins. They should know how to word it .

I’m too sure about the family’s attorney. He doesn’t seem to be in his game at all. Shoot, he’s struggling with basic vocabulary.

Six hours later....

18:29 Hahaha....Dad found the dates...up your arse judge baldylocks! What a pack of creeps doing this to Mayas dad.

I have to agree to disagree with some opinions here that the judge is exasperated with the Dad. I believe the judge is irritated with the situation, and more with the lawyer/s of the dad who didn't prepare him for the questioninga😅 with basic knowlege including and especially dates. I mean, *their own lawyers* were the ones asking thetheirre questions, they should know better!! In fact, *the judge actually helps the plaintiffs by clarifying and pinpointing statements clearly to specific dates and statements that could be attributed directly to Maya.* Without that, their case would be heresay. So please look at it from a 360° view and listen with your "law" degree and not your heart or empathy degree. 🤩 Remember, the judge played a huge role in directing the jury on their verdict, how to get there and how to think about the testimony they heard. Without the judge's guidance, this case could have gone in a much different direction and the award *MUCH LESS*. 🙌

31:51 Wow...just wow about the judge....wow wow wow. He's a mason for sure. Maya ending up winning 261M....hahahaha judge!!!! Baldylocks you creepy crawly.

Not anyone can be a good trual lawyer i guess (my god this guy is awful)..and i m not talking about the defense lawyer

GROSS!

So. The dad never saw abuse but relied on his daughters comments? Just maybe mom was medically abusing her daughter and dad was being manipulated by his daughter. That is an actual possibility.

Judge is being fair... Ok people. This is a 50 million $ law suit. Do you think it should be thrown out because the judge isn't being fair? It's actually pretty amazing that this is even at trial.

how selfish was the mother to take her own life and just leave her 10 year old daughter without a mother , at the very time she most needed her and her support , makes me feel even more sorry for this poor girl and family , she chose to just run away, meanwhile her father shows amazing strength , courage , and support , as parents are supposed to, suffering from depression myself , my kids kept me alive , as i could never walk out of their lives , is stick around for them no matter how low i got, fearing if i killed myself , later in life , they would blame their self for me choosing to take my own life and leave them

If I hear one more time how upset maya was for Kathy putting her on her lap I will explode. There are worse things in the world. Get over it.

The parents trained their daughter how to be a victim.

Can't believe this went to trial. The hospital said, let's take the mother out of the picture for 3 months and see if Maya gets better: and she got better. Her mother is a sick person and WAS making Maya sick. To this day by her suicide.