Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Kardosh
E.D. Pennsylvania · Jul 23, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Court
- E.D. Pennsylvania
- Record ID
- nationwide-mutual-insurance-company-v-kardosh-2026-07-23
- Observed 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)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
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).
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.
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.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Trial
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- 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)
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What this record does—and does not—establish
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Controls suggested by the public record
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