UnityPoint Health's lawyers also argued during the trial that the treatment Dudley received at the clinic met the standard of care based on the symptoms he presented when he arrived.
He also developed a fever that grew worse over time, until his wife drove him to a Des Moines urgent care clinic a few hours later.
She then sent him home with Tamiflu and with recommendations for Sarah Dudley to bring him back to the clinic if symptoms had not improved in five to seven days.
A clinic staff member helped Sarah Dudley load her husband into the care using a gait belt, she said.
Joseph Dudley has permanently lost hearing in his right ear and suffered nerve damage in his right leg, meaning he can't walk in a straight line