Wanyu Zhang v. National Public Radio, Inc.

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

El 18 de diciembre de 2025, D. D.C. (Estados Unidos) conoció un asunto en el que un abogado se apoyó en una IA generativa no identificada y el expediente registró contenido alucinado.

Qué se alucinó

• Fabricación de jurisprudencia. Opposition brief cited a non-existent case as if it were binding authority.
• Fabricación de jurisprudencia. Opposition brief cited a non-existent case as if it were binding authority.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Cited Howard Univ. v. Best as supporting elements of fraudulent misrepresentation though that decision did not address such a claim.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Cited Vega v. Hempstead as recognizing that conditioning employment on immigration barriers can be adverse action, though Vega did not involve immigration issues.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Described Larijani v. Georgetown Univ. as sustaining an IIED claim involving visa/immigration issues though the cited reporter and the actual Larijani decision do not involve such issues.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Cited Bible Way Church for promissory estoppel proposition though no promissory estoppel claim was on appeal in that decision.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Cited Robertson v. District of Columbia as holding that employer conduct must be evaluated in full context to support public policy exceptions, though Robertson did not reach the merits of a wrongful termination public-policy claim as presented.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Cited Myers v. Alutiq as supporting the proposition that employers cannot skirt responsibility for visa-related harm, though Myers did not involve visa or immigration issues.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Cited Lockhart v. Coastal Int'l Sec., Inc. with a quoted phrase and asserted it supported the wrongful termination theory though Lockhart did not contain the quoted phrasing nor resolve the public policy wrongful termination issue as claimed.
• Tergiversación de jurisprudencia. Cited Rodriguez v. Lab'y Corp. as confirming concealment can support a fraud claim though Rodriguez denied the fraudulent misrepresentation claim and did not hold concealment supported fraud in the manner asserted.

Desenlace

Brief struck; Adverse Costs Order. Sanción económica: 1 USD. Sanción profesional: No.

Ficha del caso

Fuentes: aporte de /documents/2266/Zhang_v._NPR_USA_18_December_2026.pdf; base de datos de Damien Charlotin.

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