Graciela Dela Torre v. Davies Life & Health, Inc., et al.

Ficha del Equipo Editorial a partir de la base mundial AI Hallucination Cases de Damien Charlotin. Verifica siempre en la fuente original.

El 11 de abril de 2025, N.D. Illinois (Estados Unidos) conoció un asunto en el que una parte sin abogado (litigante pro se) se apoyó en una herramienta de IA generativa (no identificada en la decisión) y el expediente registró contenido alucinado.

Qué se alucinó

• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Plaintiff cited Kirkland v. American Title Ins. Co., "692 F. Supp. 153, 155 (N.D. Ill. 1988)"; court found the case was decided in the E.D.N.Y. and the opinion contains no discussion of certified mail, so the citation does not support the proposition.
• Fabricación de jurisprudencia. Plaintiff cited United States v. Balan, 2013 WL 5539296 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2013); court found the Westlaw number yields Trahan v. Verret (La. App. Ct. 2013) and no matching N.D. Ill. decision exists — citation incorrect/likely fabricated.
• Tergiversación de norma legal. Plaintiff relied on 735 ILCS 5/2-203.1 to argue certified mail is effective service; court explained the statute only permits moving for alternative service authorization and does not itself authorize service by certified mail.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Plaintiff cited People ex rel. Devine v. $30,700.00 U.S. Currency, 199 Ill. 2d 142 (2002); court noted Devine is an Illinois forfeiture case governed by different statutes about notice of forfeiture and is inapposite to service of process.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Plaintiff cited In re Marriage of Schmitt, 391 Ill. App. 3d 1010 (2d Dist. 2009); court found Schmitt concerns dissolution of marriage and contains no discussion of service by certified mail, making the citation irrelevant.
• Tergiversación de norma legal. Plaintiff cited 735 ILCS 5/2-203.1 as authorizing service by certified mail; the court explained the statute only allows seeking authorization for alternative service and does not authorize certified-mail service without a court order.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Plaintiff cited Kirkland v. American Title Ins. Co., '692 F. Supp. 153, 155 (N.D. Ill. 1988)' to support certified-mail service; the court found the opinion was from the Eastern District of New York and contains no discussion of certified mail, so the citation was misapplied/misrepresented.
• Fabricación de jurisprudencia. Plaintiff cited 'United States v. Balan, 2013 WL 5539296 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2013)'; the court found the Westlaw number corresponds to a Louisiana appellate case (Trahan v. Verret) and no Northern District of Illinois decision by that title exists, indicating a fabricated or incorrect citation.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Plaintiff cited In re Marriage of Schmitt, 391 Ill. App. 3d 1010 (2d Dist. 2009) for the proposition that certified mail effected service; the court observed Schmitt concerns marital dissolution and contains no discussion of service by certified mail, so the case was inapposite/misrepresented.

Desenlace

Sanción profesional: No.

Ficha del caso

Fuentes: aporte de /documents/1602/Dela_Torre_v._Nippon_Life_USA_11_April_2025.pdf; base de datos de Damien Charlotin.

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