Happiness Idehen & Felix Ogieva v. Gloria Stoute-Phillip
Happiness Idehen & Felix Ogieva v. Gloria Stoute-Phillip is one matter in the Veritas record of US court proceedings involving AI-generated citations that could not be verified against the reporters named. The summary below is drawn from the underlying court document, linked at the foot of this page.
- Court
- N.Y. Civil Court
- Date
- July 29, 2025
- Party
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Microsoft Copilot
- Outcome
- Monetary penalty: $1,000; Grievance Committee referral
- Penalty
- $1,000 in monetary penalties.
What the record shows
The court found counsel filed an affirmation citing seven non-existent cases, having relied on Westlaw supported by Google Co-Pilot, an AI tool. The court sanctioned counsel $1,000 payable to the Lawyers Fund for Client Protection and referred counsel to the State Grievance Committee.
This entry reflects the court document as filed. The citations at issue could not be located in the reporters named at the time of the order. The reading here is descriptive of the public record and is not legal advice.
Source documents
The test this filing did not run
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