Incident Tracker / United States (state)
Hicks v. City of Albany
·Court of Appeals of Georgia·US-STATEWarningprovisional
Court of Appeals of Georgia on 2026-02-26 in Hicks v. City of Albany found counsel's brief contained two citation defects, including Knight v. Pierson, involving nonexistent authorities, incorrect statutory or rule text. The court warned counsel to verify legal authorities before future filings.
- Court
- Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Date
- 2026-02-26
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Hicks's initial brief cited two cases the court could not locate by name or citation; counsel later took responsibility, apologized, and said she believed they came from an AI platform.
- 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, “Hicks v. City of Albany”, safelegalai.com/tracker/hicks-v-city-of-albany (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.