Incident Tracker / United States (state)
Salloum v. Department of Transportation, No. 25CA1748 (Colo. App.)
·Colorado Court of Appeals·US-STATEWarning
In Colorado, self-represented appellant Ayman Salloum filed an opening brief citing three authorities the Court of Appeals could not verify, including one dated in the future. Applying Al-Hamim's warning on generative-AI hallucinations, the court declined sanctions but cautioned that future filings with unverified AI-generated authority may be sanctioned.
- Court
- Colorado Court of Appeals
- Date
- 2026-08-27
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Self-represented appellant Ayman Salloum cited three authorities the court could not verify, including one purported appellate decision dated in the future. The court said the brief appeared to reflect generative-AI drafting, applied Al-Hamim, declined sanctions, and warned that future AI-caused errors may be sanctioned.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-04
Primary sources for this incident
Related regulation records for this incident
- Al-Hamim v. Star Hearthstone, LLC, 2024 COA 128 (Colo. Ct. App. 26 Dec 2024)Colorado Court of Appeals · US-STATE
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Salloum v. Department of Transportation, No. 25CA1748 (Colo. App.)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/salloum-v-department-of-transportation (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.