Medical Malpractice Defense

Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes LLC provides a full range of high quality legal services to any and all health care providers facing medical malpractice or negligence claims in the state and federal courts of Missouri and Kansas. Our lawyers have over 20 years of experience defending virtually every type of health care provider including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and nursing homes, as well as individual physicians, nurses, psychologists, physical therapists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, obstetricians, orthopedic specialists, pharmacists, dentists, and many others.

Our medical malpractice defense attorneys are widely regarded for their innovative litigation strategies and trial skills.

The attorneys of Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes LLC proudly defend health care providers and health care entities in litigation in and around the Kansas City metropolitan area and throughout Missouri and Kansas.

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Our medical malpractice defense practice includes:

• Hospital negligence claims
• Claims of physician or surgeon negligence
• Claims of nursing negligence
• Negligent credentialing claims
• Agency claims between health care providers and/or hospitals
• Other claims of alleged health care provider negligence
• Nursing home claims
• Failure to diagnose / misdiagnosis claims
• Bad faith issues

Although we do not represent plaintiffs in medical malpractice claims, our firm's experience representing plaintiffs in other types of claims is a unique and valuable asset to consider. Likewise, our experience working as corporate defense counsel rounds out our perspective and enables us to quickly identify the critical issues involved in each case. If a case is a good trial candidate, we'll tell you. At the same time, if a case needs to be settled, we'll tell you that also so that you can make an informed decision on how you want us to proceed on your behalf. Our background, in conjunction with the individual and collective abilities our firm, is what we believe to be the foundation of our success in medical malpractice cases.

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

To learn more about our medical malpractice defense practice and the range of services we offer, 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.