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Kiser v. DeSimone Auto Group, No. 2428 EDA 2025 (Pa. Super. Ct.)
·Superior Court of Pennsylvania·US-STATEWarning
In Pennsylvania, counsel for Paige and Ty Kiser cited a non-existent Superior Court decision, Com. v. Reid, for an appellate issue in a consumer dispute. The Superior Court called the authority counterfeit, suggested chatbot use as an explanation, treated the issue as waived for underdevelopment, and affirmed judgment for the auto-dealer defendants.
- Court
- Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- Date
- 2026-08-27
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Appellants' counsel cited a non-existent decision, Com. v. Reid, 770 A.2d 771 (Pa. Super. 2001), to support an appellate issue. The court said the counterfeit authority appeared to be a chatbot error, treated the issue as waived for underdevelopment, and affirmed.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-04
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Kiser v. DeSimone Auto Group, No. 2428 EDA 2025 (Pa. Super. Ct.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/kiser-v-desimone-auto-group (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.