Maya Kowalski has formally accused her former lead attorney of crossing personal and professional lines while representing her family in their high-profile case against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. In a sworn declaration filed March 18, 2026, she describes private messages, drinks and gifts, and an arranged hotel room, all involving attorney Greg Anderson. The claims land just as the long-running "Take Care of Maya" lawsuit heads into a limited retrial, and they raise fresh questions about the legal team’s conduct, how the case was financed, and what that could mean for the family’s next moves in court.
According to WUSF, Kowalski signed a two-page declaration under penalty of perjury alleging that Anderson "frequently communicated" with her privately after she turned 18 and encouraged relationships with older men, including his 28-year-old nephew. The filing says Anderson arranged and paid for a hotel room in early 2024, sent two bottles of wine to her room after she returned, and later went to the room himself, conduct Kowalski says made her uncomfortable. Anderson has denied the allegations. His wife and law partner, Jennifer Anderson, told the Florida Trident that the claims are "inaccurate" and that they plan to respond in court.
Case Background And Appeals
The declaration drops into a case that was already legally and emotionally supercharged. In 2023, a civil jury awarded the Kowalski family roughly $261 million, a figure a judge later reduced to about $208 million, according to MySuncoast. That victory did not last. In October 2025, a three-judge panel of Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal reversed most of the judgment and ordered a limited retrial, as detailed in Justia. The appellate court focused on whether the trial judge correctly handled statutory immunity for good-faith child-abuse reporting and whether certain pieces of evidence should have been allowed in front of the jury.
Rifts On The Legal Team And Questions About Money
Kowalski’s new declaration also paints a picture of growing strain inside the plaintiffs’ camp. She says Anderson told her in July 2024 that she could not communicate with trial attorney Nick Whitney. Days later, Whitney left the Anderson firm. He went on to file a complaint with the Florida Bar alleging financial improprieties tied to a loan connected to the Kowalski judgment.
Kowalski further alleges that after she turned 18 in December 2023, Anderson asked her to sign a new fee agreement but did not explain the scope of the loan, its interest terms, or how it might limit decisions about settling, retrying, or appealing the case. The sworn declaration itself was posted by Florida Trident in its reporting on the dispute.
Legal Fallout And What Comes Next
Between Whitney’s Bar complaint and Kowalski’s sworn statements, both regulators and judges may now have separate tracks of inquiry as the litigation restarts. As reported by WUSF, Anderson denies wrongdoing and his team has said a formal response will be filed in court.
The appellate mandate left only specific claims on the table for retrial, including intentional infliction of emotional distress, battery, and certain medical-negligence counts. Sarasota County court officials will set the schedule for that next phase.
For now, the latest declaration virtually guarantees that the next round of the "Take Care of Maya" saga will focus as much on lawyers, loans, and fee agreements as on hospital conduct. Court watchers will be keeping an eye on the appellate record at Justia and the Sarasota County docket for new hearings, deadlines, and any motions that spin out of Kowalski’s new filing.
