Wertheimer v. Ryanair DAC
Small Claims Court · Nov 1, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- international
- Court
- Small Claims Court
- Record ID
- wertheimer-v-ryanair-dac-2025-11-01
- Observed outcome
- The claim was partially granted regarding ticket refunds and exemplary damages, but the court denied the plaintiff's request for legal costs due to the use of AI-generated fake citations.
- Known monetary consequence
- ₪0
Why this matter warrants attention
The court denied the plaintiff's request for legal costs as a direct sanction for the improper use of AI to generate non-existent case law citations in his pleadings, despite the plaintiff partially succeeding on the merits of his underlying claim for a ticket refund.
Fabricated: Case Law
Even a partial win becomes a loss when AI-fabricated citations strip your costs award.
Failure modes and consequences
- Fake Citations
- Administrative
- Trial
- Monetary
- AI attribution
- Explicitly Recorded
- Recorded tool
- AI (unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- ₪0
- Procedural posture
- Small claims court judgment following a hearing on a claim for damages due to flight cancellation.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court identified the use of AI for searching and drafting.
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Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.
- Retain a matter-level record of source checks and corrections.