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(Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday largely rejected Johnson & Johnson's bid to have two surgeons who served as expert witnesses in lawsuits over J&J's hip implants pay it $2.4 million for misusing confidential records from that mass tort litigation while pursuing their own whistleblower case against the company.
U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley in Boston awarded J&J some of its expenses but said forcing Antoni Nargol and David Langton to pay its attorneys' fees too would be an "excessive" punishment after she last month tossed their case as a sanction for the misuse of records.
The judge instead only awarded J&J some of its expenses other than attorneys' fees, such as for certain printing and docketing costs. The exact amount will be determined based on later briefing.
Ross Brooks, a lawyer for the two British orthopedic surgeons at The Brooks Law Firm, said a motion to unseal a brief detailing his clients' position remains pending.
J&J, represented by Mark Seltzer of Nixon Peabody, did not respond to a request for comment.
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