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Iowa man awarded $27 million after meningitis misdiagnosed for flu - USA TODAY

Iowa man awarded $27 million after meningitis misdiagnosed for flu - USA TODAY

Nov 22, 2022 1 min, 11 secs

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Des Moines man has been awarded $27 million in damages after a local urgent care clinic failed to diagnose him with a serious meningitis infection that ultimately resulted in permanent brain damage.

But when he first arrived at a UnityPoint Point urgent care clinic with symptoms in February 2017, he was diagnosed with influenza and sent home.

"This is a fair and just verdict for a man who has severe, permanent brain damage and who is one of tens of thousands of medical malpractice victims that have cases pending in this country," said Nick Rowley, an attorney representing Dudley and his wife, Sarah.

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

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