Robert Dawson worked for the company now called LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. for 35 years. He was chief executive of Lawyers Title Insurance Corp., a subsidiary, for 17 years until his retirement in 1989. “There’s no reason this company should be where it is,“ a visibly upset Dawson said at a meeting of about 35 area retirees of the company. “A lot of good people have been unduly hurt.“