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About Marc Breakstone

Marc L. Breakstone is a founder and principal of Breakstone, White & Gluck. He has represented seriously injured clients in medical malpractice and personal injury cases since 1986. In the courtroom, he is known for using computer reenactments and interactive digital technology to present cases to juries, which has helped win significant recoveries in medical malpractice, motor vehicle accident, and bus accident cases. Mr. Breakstone has consistently maintained an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell (the highest rating for legal ability and professional standards) and holds a top rating on Avvo.

He has been recognized by Top 100 New England Super Lawyers and Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Mr. Breakstone lectures approximately 8 to 10 times per year to lawyers throughout New England on trial techniques and medical malpractice law, and has spoken at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston University Law School, and Suffolk University Law School. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys for over 15 years. A high-profile case he handled involved a spinal fusion patient who was victimized in 2002 when surgeon Dr. David Arndt left during surgery to visit a bank; his recovery for a brain-damaged infant against a national ambulance company led to regulatory changes in ambulance incident reporting in Massachusetts.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$56 millionVerdict

A Middlesex County jury awarded Malcolm Carnwath $56 million -- the largest single-plaintiff personal-injury verdict in Massachusetts history -- after an Amazon delivery driver fell asleep, crossed the center line on a Portsmouth, New Hampshire road, and struck his vehicle head-on, causing a leg amputation, multiple strokes, and permanent brain injury.

Middlesex Superior Court, Massachusetts (Case No. 2581CV1262) · 2026Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$7.5 millionSettlement

Marc Breakstone secured a $7.5 million wrongful death settlement for the family of William 'Billy' Nichols, a 46-year-old electrician killed in a July 2010 propane explosion at a Norfolk condominium construction site, after proving that a propane distributor's deliberate under-filling of a new tank caused the safety odorant to dissipate, leaving a deadly gas leak completely undetectable.

Suffolk Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2012Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Northeastern University School of Law
J.D., 1986
University of Michigan
Undergraduate, 1981

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$40 million · $40 Million Verdict for Family of Boy Left with Cerebral Palsy After Five-Hour Delivery Delay
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$30.55 million · $30.55 Million Verdict After Traveling Nurse Failed to Monitor Fetal Heart Rate at MGH
Thornton Law Firm
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$300 million · $300 Million Settlement for Pension Funds Overcharged on Foreign Currency Trades
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$450 million (sought) · $450 Million Wrongful Death Suit: Eversource Ignored Gas Leak for Three Years Before Fatal Maynard Explosion