Justice breaks shoulder

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer broke his shoulder in a fall from his bicycle and underwent surgery Saturday, according to a court spokeswoman.

The 74-year-old justice was resting comfortably and is expected to be released from Georgetown University Hospital early in the week.

Breyer was riding his bike Friday afternoon near the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, when he took a fall, according to the statement. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Breyer has had his share of out-of-the-courtroom troubles of late. Last year, he and his wife were robbed at knife-point in their winter vacation home on a Caribbean island. Shortly afterward, their Georgetown home was burglarized.