Breyer has shoulder surgery after accident

By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is in a Washington hospital after shoulder replacement surgery following a bicycle accident. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg says the 74-year-old Breyer is expected to make a full recovery following the operation Saturday. Breyer injured his right shoulder in a fall last Friday near the Korean War Veterans Memorial. The justice previously broke his collarbone in an accident in 2011 and sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung in a bicycle mishap in 1993, before he joined the court. Breyer was appointed to the court in 1994 by President William Clinton. Published: Tue, Apr 30, 2013