Roger D. Landon
Managing Partner · Murphy & Landon
A graduate of the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce and Delaware Law School, Roger Landon has been trying and winning cases in Delaware since 1986.
Overview
A graduate of the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce and Delaware Law School, Roger Landon has been trying and winning cases in Delaware since 1986. He has taken over 80 cases to verdict, winning the vast majority of them. His recent successes include:
- A $20 million recovery against a retailer whose employee caused a head-on car crash resulting in severe brain damage and paralysis
- A $5 million recovery for the victim of a severe motor vehicle collision caused by a drunk driver
- A $5 million recovery for the family of a young father who died in a drug rehabilitation facility due to neglect by the facility’s staff
- A $2.75 million recovery for the family of a teenager who died following a preventable fight among students in a public school
- A $4.9 million recovery in Trujillo v. Lee, a workplace accident case
- A $1.6 million recovery in Bowman v. Henkels & McCoy, a wrongful death case
- A $1.5 million recovery in Kadow v. Marino, an auto accident case
- A $2.8 million verdict in Gates v. Texaco, a benzene chemical exposure case
- A $1.5 million verdict in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case
- A $1.2 million recovery in a personal injury case where client was crushed by a defective car lift
- A $3 million recovery in a malpractice case for a botched bowel surgery
- A $500,000 recovery in a wrongful death DART bus accident case
- A $437,500 recovery in a commercial truck accident case
- A $325,000 recovery in a dental malpractice case
- A $130,000 verdict in Rullo v. Ebenezer Church, a personal injury case
Mr. Landon’s trial victories include auto accident cases, slip and fall cases, insurance disputes, civil rights cases and product liability litigation. Although he has represented major insurance companies and Fortune 500 corporations in the past, he most enjoys fighting for ordinary people and their families; and he has settled hundreds of their injury claims through arbitration, mediation and the litigation process. A testament to his skill and reputation, when lawyers from other firms find themselves in need of legal representation or assistance with a difficult or complex case, they often look to Mr. Landon.
Mr. Landon is a longstanding member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, an exclusive national group of top-level trial lawyers selected by their peers. He frequently serves as a Mediator in personal injury disputes, and is often invited to lecture on the law of auto accidents and trial practice.
Representative Cases
- A $20 million recovery against a retailer whose employee caused a head-on car crash resulting in severe brain damage and paralysis
- A $5 million recovery for the victim of a severe motor vehicle collision caused by a drunk driver
- A $5 million recovery for the family of a young father who died in a drug rehabilitation facility due to neglect by the facility’s staff
- A $2.75 million recovery for the family of a teenager who died following a preventable fight among students in a public school
- A $4.9 million recovery in Trujillo v. Lee, a workplace accident case
- A $1.6 million recovery in Bowman v. Henkels & McCoy, a wrongful death case
- A $1.5 million recovery in Kadow v. Marino, an auto accident case
- A $2.8 million verdict in Gates v. Texaco, a benzene chemical exposure case
- A $1.5 million verdict in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case
Honors and Awards
- Delaware Today Top Lawyers in Personal Injury
- Super Lawyers
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- The American Association for Justice, 2004 - Present
- (DTLA) Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, 2004 - Present
- (ABOTA) American Board of Trial Advocates, 1996 - Present
- Delaware State Bar Association
Languages
- English
Fraternities/Sororities
- Pi Kappa Phi