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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Kardosh

Record source: imported from Damien Charlotin’s AI Hallucination Cases Database (CC BY 4.0), which credits Jesse Schaefer; document hosted in his archive: open the upstream document. What AI Vortex adds.

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E.D. Pennsylvania · Jul 23, 2026

PA / federalEditorial impact: lowpro sefake citationscontracttrialWarning
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What happened in this matter?

Fabricated: Case Law | Court found the cited case (State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Kelly, No. 20-cv-3389, 2021 WL 2661508 (E.D. Pa. June 29, 2021)) does not exist as cited and the Westlaw number and docket point to unrelated cases; Court concluded it was likely AI-hallucinated. Outcome: Warning: the court found a cited case 'hallucinated by a generative AI tool', took no further action because the Kardoshes are pro se and showed no bad faith, and warned them to proceed with caution when relying on AI tools to cite cases (p. 8).

Why the court cared
The structured public record identifies pro se and fake citations and records Warning: the court found a cited case 'hallucinated by a generative AI tool', took no further action because the Kardoshes are pro se and showed no bad faith, and warned them to proceed with caution when relying on AI tools to cite cases (p. 8). The linked source controls the precise reasoning and procedural context.
Why it matters now
This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Warning: the court found a cited case 'hallucinated by a generative AI tool', took no further action because the Kardoshes are pro se and showed no bad faith, and warned them to proceed with caution when relying on AI tools to cite cases (p. 8) in E.D. Pennsylvania. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.

Why this matter is tracked

Fabricated: Case Law | Court found the cited case (State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Kelly, No. 20-cv-3389, 2021 WL 2661508 (E.D. Pa. June 29, 2021)) does not exist as cited and the Westlaw number and docket point to unrelated cases; Court concluded it was likely AI-hallucinated. Outcome: Warning: the court found a cited case 'hallucinated by a generative AI tool', took no further action because the Kardoshes are pro se and showed no bad faith, and warned them to proceed with caution when relying on AI tools to cite cases (p. 8).

Operational lesson

This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Warning: the court found a cited case 'hallucinated by a generative AI tool', took no further action because the Kardoshes are pro se and showed no bad faith, and warned them to proceed with caution when relying on AI tools to cite cases (p. 8) in E.D. Pennsylvania. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.

Record details

PennsylvaniaSingle-state evidence scope
Explore PAOpen its source-linked jurisdiction page and related matters.
CourtE.D. Pennsylvania
Jurisdictionfederal
Circuit3rd Circuit
DateJul 23, 2026
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
OutcomeWarning: the court found a cited case 'hallucinated by a generative AI tool', took no further action because the Kardoshes are pro se and showed no bad faith, and warned them to proceed with caution when relying on AI tools to cite cases (p. 8)
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo

Corrected 2026-11-02: see the corrections log.

Attribution boundary

What the record establishes about AI use

reported

AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.

Procedural posture

Warning: the court found a cited case 'hallucinated by a generative AI tool', took no further action because the Kardoshes are pro se and showed no bad faith, and warned them to proceed with caution when relying on AI tools to cite cases (p. 8)

Correction behavior

Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.

Tracked discrepancy record

1 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.

  1. Fabricated: Case Law | Court found the cited case (State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Kelly, No. 20-cv-3389, 2021 WL 2661508 (E.D. Pa. June 29, 2021)) does not exist as cited and the Westlaw number and docket point to unrelated cases; Court concluded it was likely AI-hallucinated.

Questions this record answers

What happened in Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Kardosh?
Fabricated: Case Law | Court found the cited case (State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Kelly, No. 20-cv-3389, 2021 WL 2661508 (E.D. Pa. June 29, 2021)) does not exist as cited and the Westlaw number and docket point to unrelated cases; Court concluded it was likely AI-hallucinated. Outcome: Warning: the court found a cited case 'hallucinated by a generative AI tool', took no further action because the Kardoshes are pro se and showed no bad faith, and warned them to proceed with caution when relying on AI tools to cite cases (p. 8).
Why does Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Kardosh matter for legal AI risk?
This matter connects pro se and fake citations with Warning: the court found a cited case 'hallucinated by a generative AI tool', took no further action because the Kardoshes are pro se and showed no bad faith, and warned them to proceed with caution when relying on AI tools to cite cases (p. 8) in E.D. Pennsylvania. It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
What does the public record establish about Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Kardosh?
The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
Which source supports this Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Kardosh summary?
The recorded source is Damien Charlotin case archive. It is classified as publisher document archive; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.

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