The husband of Peterborough dentist who died from injuries suffered when fuel from an ethanol lamp ignited has filed a $12-million negligence lawsuit against the maker and distributor Brasa Fire Inc. Dr. James McGorman and lawyer John McLeish spoke on a segment of What She Said heard Saturday and Sunday at noon on 105.9 The Region. Mr. McGorman’s wife, Dr. Judith Buys, 55, died on August 16, 2016, as a result of burn injuries sustained at a cottage in Burnt River north of Peterborough. According to a statement of claim filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Dr. Buys and family members were using a Brasa Fire lamp as a light source during a power outage. The claim states that when the flames began to fade, one of the hosts got the open refuelling container to pour more ethanol into the lamp but a “flash fire started” as she was pouring. “Because there was no flame arrester installed on the open refuelling container, a flash fire started, causing flames and ethanol to jet out of the open refuelling container in the direction of Judith Buys,” the claim states.
