Motor Vehicle Defects

Our three top trial lawyers began their legal careers representing domestic and foreign automobile manufacturers in product liability cases all around the country for many years. Frustrated with what we learned and experienced in that process, we decided to switch sides and put that experience and knowledge to better use by representing people and families hurt by defective cars, motorcycles and trucks.

Let our experience with auto defects benefit you — contact our Kansas City, Missouri, law offices today for a free consultation.

At Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes LLC, we offer a unique understanding of the “defense mentality” automobile manufacturers have — an understanding much different than attorneys who have been on the plaintiff’s side for their entire careers can ever have. This background is profoundly beneficial to our clients simply because there are few, if any, other lawyers in the country who can offer the same kinds of experience and expertise we bring to the table.

Our attorneys represent people all over the United States who have been seriously injured and/or have lost family members and loved ones as the result of a motor vehicle defect, including:

• Child Safety Seat and Restraint Failures
• Seatbelt and Airbag Defects
• Seat Failure
• Rollovers and Roof Crush Injuries
• Crashworthiness
• Tire Defects

Our firm's unique assets — experience gained working as corporate defense lawyers and a great deal of time spent in the boardrooms of automobile manufacturers in the U.S. and abroad — often enable us to achieve unprecedented results for our clients. Our attorneys have obtained record verdicts and settlements in a number of states for numerous clients. In fact, we have become so respected by automakers that often, we are able to get motor vehicle defect cases resolved favorably before hundreds of thousands of dollars have to be spent on litigation.

AV Rated* — Respected in Kansas, Missouri, and Throughout the U.S.

If you or a family member has suffered a head injury, back injury, paralysis, or burns as the result of a motor vehicle defect — call our Kansas City, Missouri, law offices at 816.941.7600 or complete the brief e-mail form located on the contact page of this Web site.

All motor vehicle defect injury cases are handled on a contingent fee basis. We do not receive any attorneys' fees unless we are able to obtain compensation for our client.