[3] During his years in the state legislatures,[4] George Allen Jr. championed the rights of persons injured through the negligence of others and voted for laws to protect their interests.
Major pieces of legislation he supported include the repeal of a Virginia law which limited monetary recovery in wrongful death cases.
[5] Prior to repeal, a judge or jury could not award damages exceeding $25,000 in a wrongful death case regardless of the number of dependents the deceased person had, or how large his earned income was.
[6] Allen also advocated the repeal of a longstanding Virginia law which prohibited an injured guest passenger from making a monetary recovery from his negligent host driver unless the passenger could prove gross as opposed to simple negligence or willful and wanton disregard on the operator's part.
He served as trustee of the Law Science Academy and Foundation and was the recipient of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association's "War Horse Award" which recognizes attorneys who have made extraordinary contributions to the trial bar over a period of thirty years or more.