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Snell v. United Specialty Insurance Company

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · AL · United States · · 22-12581

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Judge Newsom’s concurrence explored whether large language models could inform ordinary meaning in insurance interpretation, while cautioning against uncritical reliance. The panel decided the coverage dispute through conventional legal analysis; the AI discussion was methodological and not party evidence.

Rules cited: Alabama insurance law

The court's finding, in its words

I didn’t want to fall into the trap of embracing ChatGPT’s definition too readily.

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