Madeline Budroe

Associate

Dedicated to and compassion for all of the firm's clients

31 Saint James Av.
Boston, MA 02116

Biography

Madeline (“Maddie”) L. Budroe is a passionate and dedicated advocate on behalf of those who have been injured. Her experience gained while working in a number of practices areas outside of the firm’s core practice allows her to provide comprehensive and thoughtful services to the firm and its clients. Maddie joined SUGARMAN as an associate in 2023. Before joining SUGARMAN, she worked at a small personal injury firm in Salem, Massachusetts, where she gained a valuable understanding of personal injury claims while working closely with clients on cases from start to finish.

Maddie graduated from Suffolk University Law School in 2023 after earning her Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science from Providence College. At Suffolk Law, Maddie received several academic honors, including the Jurisprudence Award in Torts and the Legal Practice Skills Distinguished Oral Argument Award. She was also a Trustee Academic Scholarship recipient and a Dean’s List student. During law school, she served on the executive board of the Suffolk Journal of Health and Biomedical Law and the Women’s Law Association.

Significant Cases

Settlement on eve of trial for worker who suffered an electrical shock and fall

Settlement against crane maintenance and repair companies just days before trial in Middlesex Superior Court for worker who fractured most of the left side of his body after receiving a shock from an overhead crane and falling approximately 25 feet to the ground below. The worker was in the process of repairing a railing when he engaged the remote control for an overhead crane he was using to hold the railing in place. He immediately felt a strong electric shock, lost his balance and struck the mid-section of the railing, which broke. He then fell approximately 25 feet to the ground and was emergently taken to a Boston hospital. Through discovery and depositions, SUGARMAN's attorneys were able to learn that several of the plaintiff’s co-workers had previously received smaller electrical shocks and, in the weeks before the plaintiff’s fall, had reported them to one of the defendants who supposedly investigated, found nothing, and told the co-employees that it was safe to continue using the crane. After a failed mediation and vigorous pre-trial motion practice, the plaintiff settled against one of the defendants. The case then was fully settled several days before trial after the video trial deposition of the plaintiff’s medical expert.