Iowa man awarded $27M in UnityPoint malpractice case
THREATENING INJURIES. A POLK COUNTY JURY AWARDED $27 MILLION TO A MAN AFTER HIS CASE OF MENINGITIS WAS MISDIAGNOSED AS THE FLU. ATTORNEYS FOR 47 YEAR OLD JOSEPH DUDLEY SAY HE CAME AT A UNITYPOINT URGENT CARE CLINIC IN 2017 WITH A HIGH FEVER. WELL, HE WAS SENT HOME WITH DIRECTIONS TO TAKE ANTI-FLU MEDICATION. BUT DUDLEY WAS LATER HOSPITALIZED WITH MENINGITIS. HE HAD TO BE PUT IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA THAT LEFT DEADLY WITH BRAIN DAMAGE. THIS WEEK, A PAUL COUNTY JURY
Iowa man awarded $27M in UnityPoint malpractice case
Updated: 3:56 PM CST Nov 22, 2022
A Polk County jury awarded $27 million to a man after his case of meningitis was misdiagnosed as the flu. Attorneys for 47-year-old Joseph Dudley said he came into UnityPoint Health urgent care clinic in 2017 with a high fever. He was sent home with directions to take flu medication. But Dudley was later hospitalized with meningitis and had to be put in a medically induced coma that left Dudley with brain damage. This week a Polk County jury found UnityPoint negligent in the case.
A Polk County jury awarded $27 million to a man after his case of meningitis was misdiagnosed as the flu.
Attorneys for 47-year-old Joseph Dudley said he came into UnityPoint Health urgent care clinic in 2017 with a high fever.
He was sent home with directions to take flu medication. But Dudley was later hospitalized with meningitis and had to be put in a medically induced coma that left Dudley with brain damage.
This week a Polk County jury found UnityPoint negligent in the case.
