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.
