About Paul Grinke
Paul Grinke co-directs litigation at the firm, bringing more than two decades of national courtroom experience in catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and complex commercial cases. His docket has included burn, paralysis, trucking, railroad, construction, and workplace-safety matters, and he has served on plaintiffs' steering committees in mass-casualty litigation arising from the West Fertilizer plant explosion and the Astroworld Festival tragedy. Earlier in his career he spent over 18 years as litigation and trial counsel to the Dallas Cowboys, represented the NFL, practiced at Cozen O'Connor, and served as managing member of McCathern, PLLC. He is a longtime Texas Super Lawyers honoree and a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Trial Lawyer.
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Charles Payne Sr., 75, died after an HPD patrol car driven by Officer Christopher Cabrera struck his vehicle on North Shepherd Drive in Houston on December 26, 2021. A federal jury found in November 2025 that the City of Houston was deliberately indifferent in adopting an inadequate policy that let officers drive recklessly. It awarded $13 million to his family. The city's new-trial motion was denied and its appeal to the Fifth Circuit is pending.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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