Kid International, LLC v. City National Bank of Florida
The Fourth District affirmed summary judgment for the defendants on statute-of-limitations grounds without discussion, then addressed the appellees' sanctions motion based on the appellants' initial brief, which contained hallucinated cases, fabricated quotations from real cases, and misrepresented holdings (attributed in part to generative AI and client-supplied research). The court granted the sanctions motion and awarded the appellees their reasonable appellate attorney's fees, holding the plaintiffs and their counsel jointly and severally liable, with the circuit court to set the amount on remand.
Key facts
- Kid International, LLC appealed a summary judgment entered in favor of City National Bank of Florida in the trial court.
- Appellants' initial brief contained hallucinated cases, fabricated quotations from real cases, and misrepresented holdings, attributed in part to generative AI and client-supplied research.
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Why it matters
This decision extends Florida's emerging AI-hallucination sanctions jurisprudence from court-initiated sanctions under Rule 9.410(a) to party-initiated fee motions under Rule 9.410(b), giving opposing counsel an… — full analysis with a trial
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