Heidi Brown

HEIDI R. BROWN

Heidi R. Brown is a partner at Bogoroch & Associates LLP. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1993 and practised for seven years as counsel to the Children’s Lawyer, Ministry of the Attorney General for the Province of Ontario. Since joining Bogoroch & Associates LLP in November of 1999, Heidi has exclusively practiced personal injury litigation focusing on motor vehicle collisions, medical malpractice, long-term disability, occupier’s liability and product liability.

Heidi has presented at personal injury and related programs and conferences organized by the Advocates’ Society, Osgoode Hall, The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and by the Thunder Bay Law Association, among others.

A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Heidi is on the Board of The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Advocates’ Society and the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto. In addition to her legal pursuits, Heidi devotes her spare time to volunteering for non profit charitable organizations in the community including children’s charities and athletics.

Surujdeo v. Melady, 2017 ONCA 41

The Court of Appeal clarifies the causation question to be put to the jury in medical malpractice trials (and lots more). Released January 18, 2017 | Full Decision [CanLII] This action was brought by the surviving spouse of a 36-year-old woman, Rossana Surujdeo, who presented to hospital with flu like symptoms and died approximately 9 hours later. The cause of her death was a rare …