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WCAT Decision A2501051 (Hilary Thomson)
BC Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal · Aug 18, 2025
Outdated Advice: Repealed Law | Cited Policy D3-115-1 as recognizing late prohibited action complaints; tribunal found D3-115-1 is not a current Prevention Manual policy and does not support the asserted proposition.
Why the court cared
The record concerns whether authorities presented to the decision-maker existed and could be verified. The tracked outcome is the response recorded in the linked source; the linked source controls the precise reasoning.
Why it matters now
BC WCAT caught citation-format drift plus fabricated cases; check both the format and the existence of cited tribunal decisions.
Why this matter is tracked
Outdated Advice: Repealed Law | Cited Policy D3-115-1 as recognizing late prohibited action complaints; tribunal found D3-115-1 is not a current Prevention Manual policy and does not support the asserted proposition.
Operational lesson
BC WCAT caught citation-format drift plus fabricated cases; check both the format and the existence of cited tribunal decisions.
Record details
CourtBC Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal
Jurisdictioninternational
CircuitNot recorded
DateAug 18, 2025
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typePro Se Litigant
OutcomeSee source
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
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
Procedural posture is not separately recorded in the current dataset.
Correction behavior
Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.
Tracked discrepancy record
4 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.
Outdated Advice: Repealed Law | Cited Policy D3-115-1 as recognizing late prohibited action complaints; tribunal found D3-115-1 is not a current Prevention Manual policy and does not support the asserted proposition.
Fabricated: Case Law | Provided a 2019-format citation that, when searched in WCAT's current A- format, corresponded to an unrelated appeal (the cited case did not support the worker's point).
Fabricated: Case Law | Included at least one case citation that appears not to exist and was likely fabricated by AI.
Misrepresented: Case Law | Cited WCAT decisions purportedly supporting late filings; first cited decision had nothing to do with late filings or the topic for which it was cited.
Questions this record answers
What happened in WCAT Decision A2501051 (Hilary Thomson)?
Outdated Advice: Repealed Law | Cited Policy D3-115-1 as recognizing late prohibited action complaints; tribunal found D3-115-1 is not a current Prevention Manual policy and does not support the asserted proposition.
Why does WCAT Decision A2501051 (Hilary Thomson) matter for legal AI risk?
BC WCAT caught citation-format drift plus fabricated cases; check both the format and the existence of cited tribunal decisions.
What does the public record establish about WCAT Decision A2501051 (Hilary Thomson)?
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 WCAT Decision A2501051 (Hilary Thomson) 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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