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Kings Roofing Nwfl, LLC v. Fusion Works Construction, LLC

District Court of Appeal of Florida, 22 May 2026. What the court wrote about citations that did not exist, in its own words, from the document on file.

Case record · Fla. Dist. Ct. App.

  1. Court. District Court of Appeal of FloridaCOURT
  2. Level. state appellate courtLEVEL
  3. Date. 22 May 2026DATED
  4. Docket. No. 6D2025-1251DOCKET
  5. Documents. one document, 2 passages quoted belowON FILE
  6. Source. CourtListenerSOURCE

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Published opinion, 22 May 2026 · source · PDF · 2 pages

However, we expressly retain jurisdiction to pursue any possible sanctions against Steven R. McCommon, Esquire , who, in his Initial Brief, has provided this Court with citations to several cases, some of which appear to be fabricated. The Initial Brief looks as if it was drafted with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence without Mr.

McCommon having put sufficient safeguards in 2 place to ensure the existence or accuracy of the cases cited therein. This is unfortunately not the first time our Court has encountered a filing with citations to cases that do not exist or to cases that are cited for inaccurate legal propositions. See, e.g., Rodriguez v.

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