Those who use artificial intelligence to assist Shiloh Friend v. we decline to do so here (2025)

Case details
Country
United States
Jurisdiction
Florida (FL)
Court
Florida Supreme Court
Decided
2025
Disposition
Per Curiam Affirmed
Panel
Attorneys (J.); Ciklin (J.); Shaw (J.)
Friend v. Serpa, --- So.3d ---- (2025) © 2026 Thomson Reuters. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.12025 WL 3648538Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.NOTICE: THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASEDFOR PUBLICATION IN THE PERMANENTLAW REPORTS. UNTIL RELEASED, IT ISSUBJECT TO REVISION OR WITHDRAWAL.District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.Shiloh FRIEND, Appellant,v.Carlos SERPA, Jr., Appellee.No. 4D2024-2959|[December 17, 2025]Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth JudicialCircuit, Palm Beach County; Karen M. Miller, Judge; L.T.Case No. 50-2022-DR-000981-XXXX-MB.Attorneys and Law FirmsShiloh Friend, Lake Worth, pro se.Carlos Serpa, Jr., Boynton Beach, pro se.OpinionPer Curiam.*1 We affirm on the merits without discussion. We write,however, to address the appellee's use of multiple citationsto cases which do not, in fact, exist. Such phantom authoritycannot assist any litigant and must be expressly disregardedby this court. Attorneys and those, like appellee, who proceedpro se are responsible for the content of their submissionsto the court. Those who use artificial intelligence to assistin these submissions must ensure their accuracy. Whilewe decline to do so here, this court has the authority tosanction appellee under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure9.410(a) for failure to comply with Florida Rule of AppellateProcedure 9.210(c). See Goya v. Hayashida, 418 So. 3d 652,656 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025) (citing Gutierrez v. Gutierrez, 399So. 3d 1185, 1188 (Fla. 3d DCA 2024)).Affirmed.Kuntz, C.J., Ciklin and Shaw, JJ., concur.All Citations--- So.3d ----, 2025 WL 3648538 (Mem)End of Document© 2026 Thomson Reuters. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.
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