Allen C. King

Allen King is partner at Starnes Davis Florie and has served as the firm’s Hiring Partner and Co-Hiring Partner for 4 years. Allen’s practice has been devoted to civil litigation to include professional medical liability, healthcare litigation, and general business litigation.

Professional Recognition

Top Leading Litigator by Chambers USA
Rising Star by Mid-South Super Lawyers®
Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch" (2021-2023)

Community Involvement

Allen and his wife, Natalie, are active members at Redeemer Community Church.

Highlights

Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an emergency medicine physician in a trial centered on allegations that the physician failed to diagnose a stroke in a 21-year-old patient.
Secured a defense verdict on behalf of a urologist and his practice group in a case where the plaintiff alleged medical malpractice arising from a urological surgery and the scope of preoperative consent relative to surgery.
Enforced binding arbitration agreement after evidentiary hearing in case alleging sexual assault of a nursing home resident (affirmed on appeal) Czoka v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc., et al.
Obtained judgment as a matter of law in favor of a family medicine physician and his medical assistant following the trial of a combined personal injury and wrongful death case.
Obtained a defense verdict in favor of two OB/GYNs in a two-week maternal death trial alleging negligent management of gestational hypertension and negligence in failing to administer diuretics in the postpartum period.
Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a neurosurgeon in a wrong level spinal surgery case involving allegations of a breach in the standard of care by operating at the T8-9 level instead of the intended T9-10 level.
Obtained defense verdict for a Birmingham internal medicine physician in a lawsuit alleging wrongful death of a 26 year old mentally disabled female.

Obtained a judgment as a matter of law in favor of an emergency room physician in a wrongful death case alleging negligence in the work-up of a patient who presented to the emergency department.
Obtained a defense verdict in favor of an obstetrician-gynecologist in a wrongful death case alleging negligent management of a pregnancy.
Obtained a defense verdict in favor of an obstetrician-gynecologist in a case alleging negligent management of a suspected ectopic pregnancy.
Obtained a defense verdict for an emergency physician in a case alleging negligent failure to diagnose septic arthritis, resulting in below the knee amputation.
Obtained affirmance from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals of summary judgment on behalf of a urologist in a case alleging medical malpractice and deliberate indifference.

Presentations and Publications

“Responding to Discovery Subpoenas: Alabama,” Practical Law Litigation (Spring 2015).
A Practice Manager’s Guide to Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Medical Group Management Association, Alabama (October 18, 2016)

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U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama

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