LLMMedium
State Farm Defense Counsel Acknowledged AI-Assisted Filings in Meni-Siliga v. A's Contractor, Inc. Contained Fabricated Legal Authorities
- Occurred
- Mar 31, 2026
- Published
- Aug 24, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In Fa'alagilagi Meni-Siliga v. A's Contractor, Inc., et al., attorneys representing State Farm acknowledged that AI-assisted motions contained fabricated and otherwise inaccurate legal authorities. Attorney Jacquelene Robinson said she used the legal AI tool Irys and failed to verify some citations. Opposing counsel identified the errors, after which the firm apologized and filed corrected versions.
Developers
- Software developers
- Iqidis
- AI software developers
- AI service providers
Deployers
- Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP
- Legal professionals
- Lawyers
- Law firms
- Jacquelene Robinson
Harmed parties
- Parties to legal proceedings
- Judicial integrity
- Fa'alagilagi Meni-Siliga
- Epistemic integrity
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI tool hallucinated legal citations in court filings, causing professional misconduct but no physical harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8