Labatt USA Operating v. Friends Beverage Group
SC New York · Dec 30, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- SC New York
- Record ID
- labatt-usa-operating-v-friends-beverage-group-2025-12-30
- Observed outcome
- The defendants' opposition and cross-motion were stricken; the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was granted as unopposed.
- Known monetary consequence
- $1,106,281
Why this matter warrants attention
The court struck the defendants' opposition and cross-motion for summary judgment because the filings contained hallucinated case citations generated by artificial intelligence. As a result of this sanction, the court treated the plaintiff's motion as unopposed, ultimately granting summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
Fabricated: Case Law | Court found defendants' opposition and cross-motion contained hallucinated/fabricated case citations generated by AI; filings were stricken.
Strike-and-treat-as-unopposed is now a real remedy; have a second attorney verify every AI-drafted citation before filing.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Trial
- Struck Filing
- AI attribution
- Explicitly Recorded
- Recorded tool
- Unidentified
- Known monetary consequence
- $1,106,281
- Procedural posture
- The court issued an interim order on March 17, 2025, striking the defendants' opposition and cross-motion for summary judgment. A final Decision and Order on the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment was issued on December 30, 2025.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court noted the use of artificial intelligence but did not name the specific tool.
Retained unchanged after audit: the existing summary is source-specific, non-placeholder, and supported by the recorded source link. Read the underlying source before relying on it for legal advice or a filing.
Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Assign a responsible reviewer for AI-assisted research and drafting.
- Retain a matter-level record of source checks and corrections.