HomeDelawareWilmingtonPhilip T. Edwards

About Philip T. Edwards

Philip Edwards is a Delaware trial lawyer with a record in complex personal injury and medical malpractice litigation. A Brooklyn native, he earned his undergraduate degree from the College of Charleston and graduated cum laude from Widener Law School. Before joining Murphy & Landon, he litigated complex medical malpractice cases at Wilson Elser in New York, and he clerked for Justice Joseph T. Walsh of the Delaware Supreme Court and at the Delaware County, Pennsylvania District Attorney's Office.

Since joining the firm in 2003, he has helped obtain verdicts of $2.4 million in Caldwell v. White, $2.8 million in Gates v. Texaco, $3.4 million in a Delaware medical negligence trial, and a $100 million verdict against Boston Scientific involving vaginal mesh products. He has also secured multiple seven- and eight-figure settlements in medical negligence, insurance, property damage and child injury matters. His practice focuses on plaintiffs' personal injury, medical malpractice and sexual abuse claims.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Murphy & Landon, P.A.

These results are credited to Murphy & Landon, P.A.. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$13 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2005 · #6

Julie Bailey, a 60-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease, was found locked in the kitchen freezer room of the Lewes Convalescent Center hours after she was admitted in December 2002, and she died on January 21, 2003. A Sussex County jury awarded $13 million in compensatory damages to her estate, her husband and her three sons in March 2005. The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the judgment in 2006.

Delaware Superior Court, Sussex County · 2005Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Widener University School of Law
J.D.
College of Charleston
Undergraduate, 1998

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York, admitted 2002
State Bar of New Jersey, admitted 2002
State Bar of Delaware, admitted 2003

Other attorneys at Murphy & Landon, P.A.

View firm →

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Wilmington firms

The Law Offices of Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya
The Law Offices of Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya
$2.39 Million Verdict for Woman Struck at Poorly Signed Country Club Exit
Balick & Balick, LLC
Balick & Balick, LLC
$9.13 million · New Mexico Mechanic's Mesothelioma Death Brings $9.125 Million Judgment Against Ford
Chong Law Firm, P.A.
Chong Law Firm, P.A.
$1.6 million · Delaware Jury Awards $1.6 Million Over Fatal Kia Seat Belt Defect
Shelsby & Leoni, P.A.
Shelsby & Leoni, P.A.
$1.37 million · Nine-Year-Old Killed on Seaford Road Leads to $1.37 Million Verdict

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.