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Vargas v. MTA Bus Co.

Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County · State trial courts · NY · 2026-06-12 · 2026 WL 1811875 · No. 150611/2019 · order

Fabricated or misquoted citationscourt does not name AI

On 2026-06-12, in Vargas v. MTA Bus Co, Supreme Court of New York amended its prior order and declined to attribute the non-existent citations in duplicated opposition papers to appellate counsel. Counsel filed opposition papers using nonexistent or hallucinated authorities.

Disposition: The court amended a prior order to deny summary judgment without prejudice in Paez Rodriguez and directed separate motion practice; it did not sanction anyone for the prior non-existent citations.
Recorded conduct: Paez Rodriguez’s opposition papers contained citations to non-existent cases, but the proposition of law was true. The court expressly did not attribute the citations to appellate counsel and imposed no consequence. — outcome: noted, no consequence; actor: lawyer
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The prior decision and order acknowledged the non-existent cases, but the proposition of law in those non-existent citations was, in fact, true. As the filing of identical motion papers in Paez Rodriguez is intended to cure a mistaken belief that “consolidated motion practice” was permissible, this court will not attribute the non-existent citations to appellate counsel for Paez Rodriguez.

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