On August 5, 2026, McGuire Injury Law obtained a $4,870,500 trial victory against BNSF Railway Company for a railroad conductor injured in a train derailment. In closing argument, BNSF said this case was not worth six figures. BNSF was right. It was worth seven.

On May 13, 2026, a Harris County jury awarded $2,000,000 to our client, a switchman for the Port Terminal Railroad Association, who suffered ankle and toe injuries in an 8 mph collision at a railroad crossing while protecting a shove — a backward train movement. Before trial, the defendants offered him nothing.

On April 24, 2026, after a three-day trial, a Harris County jury returned a $2,716,468 verdict for our client Jolan Benwill, who was rear-ended by a commercial van as she left work in Houston’s Medical Center. We were privileged to try the case with Trey Barton of Trey Barton Law. The defendants’ final pre-trial offer was $40,000 — less than Jolan’s medical bills.

In march 2026, McGuire Injury Law represented Eric Carmenar, a BNSF Railway conductor injured by excessive slack action while protecting a reverse movement in BNSF’s rail yard. On the third day of jury trial in Jefferson County, the case resolved by confidential settlement. Eric was a pleasure to represent.

In December 2025, McGuire Injury Law, with Trey Barton of Trey Barton Law, represented a widow and her two children after a drunk driver killed her husband and their father. The defendant was in prison and told the jury he had no ability to pay. The jury awarded $6,950,000 — more than ten times the non-economic damages the defense suggested.

In October 2025, with Trey Barton of Trey Barton Law, McGuire Injury Law obtained a $100,000 trial verdict for a client injured in a collision with a school bus. The school district offered $0 before trial. One hundred thousand dollars is the maximum a person can recover against a school district under the Texas Tort Claims Act — we tried the case and got all of it.

McGuire Injury Law secured a $330,000,000.00 verdict from a Galveston County jury in the Santa Fe High School shooting trial.

In February 2024, McGuire Injury Law obtained a $300,000.00 in-service recovery for a conductor injured in a railyard switching movement.

In February 2024, McGuire Injury Law won a $2,325,000.00 recovery for a railroad conductor injured due to an improperly secured pit cover at an industry.

In March 20204, McGuire Injury Law obtained a $40,000 settlement for a motorcyclist whose foot was run over by another driver while at a stoplight.