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Kruse v. Karlen, No. ED111172 (Mo. Ct. App., E.D.)

sanctions

In the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, a self-represented appellant's brief contained 22 fictitious citations out of 24, generated by an AI application used by a consultant he had hired. The court dismissed the appeal for briefing deficiencies and ordered him to pay $10,000 in damages for a frivolous appeal.

Date of decision/order

2024-02-13

Court

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District

Jurisdiction

US-STATE

AI tool

Not identified in the record

Conduct

A self-represented appellant filed a brief in which 22 of 24 case citations were fictitious AI-generated hallucinations, produced by an out-of-state legal consultant he had hired who used an AI application. The court found the brief flagrantly deficient.

Consequence

USD 10,000