Incident Tracker / United States (state)
Boatner v. Hickerson
·Missouri Court of Appeals·US-STATESanctionsprovisional
On 2026-06-02, in Boatner v. Hickerson, Missouri Court of Appeals imposed a $10,000 monetary sanction for the defective legal authorities. A self-represented appellant cited Davis v. Bess even though the court found the authority did not exist. The monetary component was $10,000.
- Court
- Missouri Court of Appeals
- Date
- 2026-06-02
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- GAI
- Conduct
- A self-represented appellant cited Davis v. Bess even though the court found the authority did not exist.
- Outcome
- Sanctions
- Penalty
- US$10,000
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Provisional — written by the court-decisions pipeline, awaiting the editor
- Last checked
- 2026-09-07
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Boatner v. Hickerson”, safelegalai.com/tracker/boatner-v-hickerson (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.