Benjamin Whitley
VerifiedAbout Benjamin Whitley
Benjamin H. Whitley is a partner at Whitley Law Firm's Raleigh office in North Carolina. With over two decades of personal injury experience, he handles personal injury, workers' compensation, medical device and drug claims, and pharmacy malpractice cases.
Whitley earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000 and his Juris Doctor from Mississippi College School of Law in 2003. He was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 2003.
He has served on the Board of Governors and as chair of the New Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. He wrote 'Cross Examination 101' in Trial Briefs Magazine.
Notable case results include a $4 million settlement for an ironworker who was paralyzed after falling from a walkway during a demolition job.
Notable case results
Whitley Law Firm and co-counsel resolved negligence and nuisance claims over a fire for $42.44 million, among the larger personal-injury recoveries reported in the state that year.
A 41-year-old ironworker left paraplegic when an elevated walkway overhang collapsed under him during a Raleigh mall demolition reached a $4 million confidential settlement with the general contractor.
A 35-year-old bicyclist left with a traumatic brain injury after a driver ran a stop sign recovered $2.3 million, approved within months and routed through a special needs trust so his care could continue.
Whitley Law Firm recovered $1,847,000 for a cyclist who was struck and run over by a dump truck turning right across a marked bike lane, after injuries that took nine surgeries and five weeks of intensive care.
Settlement for ironworker paralyzed from fall during demolition job
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
