Barber v. Morawa
CA Michigan · May 5, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA Michigan
- Record ID
- barber-v-morawa-2026-05-05
- Observed outcome
- Admonishment in court
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
In Joyce Barber v. Lawrence J. Morawa, MD, No. 374773, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed denial of a new-trial request but separately found that plaintiff's counsel repeatedly relied on AI without adequate verification. The filings included nonexistent authorities and quotations unsupported by real cases, so the court remanded for the opponent's actual appeal expenses to be paid personally by counsel.
The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is Admonishment in court; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
This matter connects fake citations and appellate involving Claude, ChatGPT, Westlaw, Lexis with Admonishment in court in CA Michigan, making it a concrete reference point for verification, supervision, and response controls.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Appellate
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- Claude, ChatGPT, Westlaw, Lexis
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Admonishment in court
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What this record does—and does not—establish
Claude, ChatGPT, Westlaw, Lexis is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
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Latest evidence review: Metadata Only (medium confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify the existence, citation, court, and precedential status of every authority before filing.
- Apply the same source-checking controls to Claude, ChatGPT, Westlaw, Lexis output as to any other research input.
- Read the linked source and subsequent docket history before relying on this record for legal work.