Incident Tracker / United States (federal)
In re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level PAP, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Liability Litigation (Gravelyn)
·U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation·US-FEDWarningprovisional
On 2026-04-06, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation the Panel transferred the listed action to MDL No. 3014 and warned that unverified AI-generated fictional citations undermine truthful court filings. Counsel submitted a filing with mischaracterized authorities, including In re Xarelto and In re Bard IVC Filters.
- Court
- U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
- Date
- 2026-04-06
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The filing used mischaracterized authorities, including In re Xarelto and In re Bard IVC Filters, 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, “In re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level PAP, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Liability Litigation (Gravelyn)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/in-re-philips-recalled-cpap-bi-level-pap-and-mechanical-ventilator-products-liab (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.