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Davos Francois v. Vive Financial
·Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal·US-STATEWarningprovisional
On 2026-03-18, Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed and cautioned the appellant that future briefs with nonexistent authorities may result in sanctions. A self-represented party submitted a motion with multiple fabricated or nonexistent authorities, including Friend v. Serpa and Phadael v. Deutsche Bank Tr. Co. Ams., 83 So. 3d 893, 895.
- Court
- Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal
- Date
- 2026-03-18
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The motion used multiple fabricated or nonexistent authorities, including Friend v. Serpa and Phadael v. Deutsche Bank Tr. Co. Ams., 83 So. 3d 893, 895, which the court found nonexistent, misquoted, or unsupported.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- 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, “Davos Francois v. Vive Financial”, safelegalai.com/tracker/davos-francois-v-vive-financial (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.