Patrick Joseph Groulx v CSL Limited
CA Michigan · Dec 19, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA Michigan
- Record ID
- patrick-joseph-groulx-v-csl-limited-2025-12-19
- Observed outcome
- The appeal was dismissed, and the court denied the current request for sanctions without prejudice to a future filing.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Michigan Court of Appeals dismissed the appellant's appeal because the appellant's brief contained two fabricated case citations, violating court rules regarding the duty of candor and procedural compliance. The court did not impose sanctions at the time of dismissal but permitted the appellees to file a subsequent motion for sanctions.
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included citation to a non-existent case; court found it to be a fabricated case citation and relied on this as part of basis to dismiss the appeal. || Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant's brief included a second citation to a non-existent case; court treated this as another fabricated citation contributing to dismissal.
Fabricated cites can kill an appeal outright; run a cite-check pass on every AI-assisted brief before filing.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Contract
- Appellate
- Case Dismissed
- AI attribution
- Reported
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- The Court of Appeals granted a motion to dismiss the appeal based on the appellant's failure to conform to court rules.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.
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.