Mata v. Avianca: What every lawyer needs to know about AI hallucinations
Chris Waters · June 9, 2026 · 9 min read
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May 2023 · Mata v. Avianca · S.D.N.Y.
Steven Schwartz and Peter LoDuca filed a personal injury brief citing six federal cases. Every one was fabricated by ChatGPT. They were sanctioned $5,000. Their firm's reputation never recovered. The case is now in every state bar's ethics curriculum.
Park v. Kim. Mata v. Avianca. ABA Formal Opinion 512. The discipline cases are accumulating. The “I didn't know it would hallucinate” defense is dead. Every lawyer using generative AI now carries personal exposure for what the model invents.
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