Hulse-Gibson v. Hulse
The Second District affirmed the orders on appeal without comment but wrote separately to caution a pro se appellant about filing briefs containing generative-AI-produced citation errors case names, propositions, and reporter citations that did not match. The court warned that filers who use generative AI must validate authorities before signing and filing, and that failure to do so exposes them to sanctions under Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.515(d)(2).
Key facts
- Pro se appellant Hulse-Gibson filed an appellate brief containing multiple citation errors, false case names, and inaccurate legal propositions that were generated by artificial intelligence.
- The Second District affirmed the trial court orders on appeal without substantive comment.
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Why it matters
This is the Second District's second recent warning (following Gleason v. Marcus) about unverified AI-generated citations in appellate filings, and it emphasizes that the more dangerous modern problem is inaccurate… — full analysis with a trial
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