Kansas City Metro Catastrophic Injury & Product Liability Lawyers

At McCartney Stucky, our Lenexa, Kansas office, located at 8711 Penrose Lane, Suite 310, reachable at (816) 994-4040, represents clients throughout the Kansas City metro area, across Kansas and Missouri, and in courts nationwide. We focus exclusively on catastrophic injury and product liability litigation: the most complex, high-value cases that require specialized trial experience, deep resources, and the willingness to face major manufacturers and insurers in court.

We are not a high-volume personal injury firm. We take only the cases most law firms can't, or won't, handle. When you hire us, you get the combined strength of our entire trial team from day one.

Catastrophic Injury and Product Liability Litigation in the Kansas City Metro

From our Lenexa office, we handle catastrophic injury cases, product liability cases, wrongful death, complex trucking accident cases, and premises liability, exclusively. No volume personal injury. No divided attention. If your case involves a manufacturer, a defective product, or a catastrophic injury, you need a firm built specifically for that work, and that is what our Kansas City team does.

Cases We Take in the Kansas City Metro

Defective Heavy Trucks

Post-collision fires, underride crashes, and cab structural failures caused by manufacturer design defects. The Kansas City Metro sits at the intersection of I-70 and I-35, two of the country's busiest commercial truck corridors, and generates a significant volume of defective truck cases. We handle them from investigation through verdict.

Automotive Defects

Malfunctioning airbags, seatbelt failures, roof crush in rollovers, and other crashworthiness defects that manufacturers designed into vehicles and are legally responsible for. We pursue the automaker, not just the driver.

Consumer Product Defects

Hazardous appliances, unsafe children's products, and defective electronics that cause serious injury or death under normal use. We challenge manufacturers, distributors, and retailers for allowing unsafe goods into the marketplace.

Workplace Machinery Defects

Industrial machines without proper guards, emergency shut-offs, or fail-safe controls that cause amputations, crush injuries, and fatalities. We work with safety engineers to document the defect and hold the equipment maker accountable.

Product Liability

Dangerous household products, collapsing furniture, and toxic consumer goods that place families at risk of severe injury or death. We pursue these claims against every party in the chain of distribution: manufacturer, distributor, and retailer.

Severe Catastrophic Injuries

Brain trauma, paralysis, amputations, severe burns, and sensory loss caused by negligence or a defective product. Every catastrophic injury case gets the full McCartney Stucky trial team from the first call through verdict.

We Handle Cases on Both Sides of the State Line

The Kansas City Metro straddles the Kansas-Missouri state line, and many local firms focus on one jurisdiction or the other. McCartney Stucky's Lenexa office handles cases in both Kansas and Missouri state courts, as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas and the Western District of Missouri.

On the Kansas side, we handle cases in Johnson County District Court, Wyandotte County District Court, and other eastern Kansas jurisdictions serving Overland Park, Leawood, Olathe, Lenexa, Shawnee, and Merriam. On the Missouri side, we handle cases in Jackson County Circuit Court, Clay County Circuit Court, and the Western District of Missouri federal court, serving Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, and Raytown.

If your accident happened near the state line or involved parties in both states, the jurisdictional question is one we navigate regularly.

One firm. Both sides of the border.

Recognized in the Kansas City Legal Community

McCartney Stucky is not a national brand with a satellite office. Our Kansas City team is embedded in the local legal community and has been for years.

Partner Austin Osborn began his practice in Kansas City in 2016 and has been a consistent presence in the KCMBA ever since. In December 2021, Austin received the KCMBA Young Lawyer Section President's Award, recognizing outstanding and distinguished service to the organization, and was featured on the cover of the KC Counselor. Austin is serving as the KCMBA Young Lawyer Section President in 2026. He continues his involvement with KCMBA's Student Law Academy program, mentoring the next generation of Kansas City lawyers.

Chris Stucky, co-founding partner, is admitted in Kansas and Missouri courts, is a Board Member of AIEG, the national organization of plaintiffs' attorneys specializing in complex product liability, and lectures nationally on product liability and trucking defect litigation.

To learn more about our Kansas City trial team, visit our attorneys page.