Allan focuses his practice in healthcare and workers' compensation defense representing hospitals and other healthcare providers and self-insured employers. He is a certified specialist in workers' compensation. Allan has successfully litigated precedent-setting appellate cases in commercial, personal injury, and workers' compensation contexts.
Practice Highlights
- Successfully defended hospital from medical negligence claim arising from post-operative procedures.
- Successfully defended hospital employer from workers’ compensation claim alleging recurrent shoulder injury.
- Negotiated $700,000 recovery for workers’ compensation claimant against two insurance carriers, each of whom denied coverage of the claim.
- Negotiated significant settlement on behalf of low-income tenant injured when she stepped through the floor of her rented mobile home.
- Recovered largest verdict then in Swain County history on behalf of owners of a furnished cabin destroyed by fire. Verdict later sustained on appeal.
- Successfully defended self-insured manufacturer against workers' compensation claim alleging permanent brain injury.
Professional Affiliations
- 28th Judicial District Bar
- American Health Lawyers Association
- American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (NC Chapter)
- Defense Research Institute
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
- Board of Directors, 2004-2007
- North Carolina Association of Self-Insureds
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Healthcare Practice Group
- North Carolina State Bar
Recognitions
- AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- 2007 & 2008 North Carolina Super Lawyers
