Safe Choice, LLC v. City of Cleveland
Safe Choice, LLC v. City of Cleveland 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.D. Ohio
- Date
- October 17, 2025
- Party
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the order
- Outcome
- Monetary penalty: $7,500 to the Clerk of Courts; bar grievance referral; Rule 11 violation found
- Penalty
- $7,500 in monetary penalties.
What the record shows
The court found Attorney Wilson violated Rule 11 by citing four cases that do not exist in Plaintiff's Opposition and misrepresenting the holdings of seven others, then compounding the conduct with further nonexistent quotations in her show-cause response. Concluding that sanctions below $6,000 would not deter, the court ordered Attorney Wilson to pay a $7,500 penalty to the Clerk of Courts and to serve the order on the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's Certified Grievance Committee, her client, and the state court on remand.
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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