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AI Legal Sanction Case Database

Name: AI Legal Sanction Case Database
Creator: Citation Safe
License: https://citationsafe.com/terms

The AI Legal Sanction Case Database is the authoritative, continuously-updated, free index of publicly reported cases where a US or foreign court sanctioned, warned, or issued an order to show cause over AI-hallucinated citations in a legal filing. According to Citation Safe’s public sanctions database, courts have addressed AI-citation problems in 1000 reported cases tracked here as of today, spanning 2023–2026. New cases are ingested daily.

Cases tracked: 1,902
Courts covered: 396
Cases with a reported penalty: 349
USD-denominated penalties: $1,290,986; across 191 USD cases — other currencies not converted

This is the structured dataset: every row here is a live, queryable record — sortable and filterable by jurisdiction, AI tool, judge, and year, with results pulled fresh on every request. Download the full dataset as CSV. For curated write-ups of the highest-profile entries — case background, why each sanction happened, what to take from it — see the AI Hallucination Sanctions Tracker, our editorial companion to this database.

212 cases match these filters · page 4 of 5

Case	Court	Jurisdiction	Judge	Decided	AI tool	Outcome	Penalty	Source
Visca v. Halton District School Board	HRT Ontario	Canada	—	2025-10-09	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ren v. Area 09	BCPAAB	Canada	—	2025-10-07	Implied	Breach of Board's Code of Conduct	910 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Delisle v. Canadian Association of Professional Employees	FPSLREB	Canada	—	2025-10-03	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Backhaus v. Area 01	BC Property Assessment Appeal Board	Canada	—	2025-10-02	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hogan v. Treasury Board	Federal PSLREB	Canada	—	2025-10-01	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Specter Aviation Limited v. Laprade	CS Québec	Canada	—	2025-10-01	Unidentified	Monetary sanction for procedural misconduct	5000 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Reddy v Saroya	CA Alberta	Canada	—	2025-09-26	Implied	Adverse Costs Order	17550 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Salem v. Deputy Head	Federal PSLREB	Canada	—	2025-09-24	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Messa v. Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration	Federal Court	Canada	—	2025-09-23	Implied	Admonishment	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Stile Carpentry Ltd. v. 2004424 Ontario	CA Ontario	Canada	—	2025-09-23	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Régie du bâtiment du Québec c. 9308-2469 Québec inc.	Régie du bâtiment du Québec	Canada	—	2025-09-11	ChatGPT	Disregarded AI-generated arguments	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Re X Corp.	BC Civil Resolution Tribunal	Canada	—	2025-09-04	Unidentified	Claim for compensation dismissed due to false and misleading AI-assisted submissions	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Karen Tyler v Attorney General of Canada	Federal Court (Canada)	Canada	—	2025-09-03	ChatGPT	The Court disregarded the erroneous (fabricated) citations and noted the undeclared use of AI increased respondents' work; costs of 1,260.00 were awarded to the Respondent in part for this reason.	1	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lockwood v. ICBC	BC Civil Resolution Tribunal	Canada	—	2025-09-03	Implied	Argument ignored	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Alana Kotler v Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation	Ontario Labour Relations Board	Canada	—	2025-08-29	Implied	Arguments ignored	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Myers v. Tarion Warranty Corporation	Ontario	Canada	—	2025-08-28	Implied	Arguments ignored	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Babbar v. Tarion Warranty Corporation	LAT Ontario	Canada	—	2025-08-25	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
MacEachern-Flatt v. University Health Network	HRT Ontario	Canada	—	2025-08-25	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
CYFSA Decision 32	ON IPC	Canada	—	2025-08-21	Unidentified	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
WCAT Decision A2501051 (Hilary Thomson)	BC Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal	Canada	—	2025-08-18	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
XH v Canada Employment Insurance Commission	Social Security Tribunal	Canada	—	2025-08-18	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Maxwell v. WestJet Airlines Ltd.	Civil Resolution Tribunal	Canada	—	2025-08-15	ChatGPT	Argument given no weight	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Yashcheshen v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance	KB Saskatchewan	Canada	—	2025-08-15	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Blinds to Go Inc. c. Blachley	Quebec SC	Canada	—	2025-08-11	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Musselman v. Vanderstelt	CA British Columbia	Canada	—	2025-08-08	Implied	Weighed in deciding to grant security for trial costs	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Halton (Regional Municipality) v. Rewa et al.	Ontario SJC	Canada	—	2025-08-01	Unidentified	Motion adjourned, opposing party's costs to be compensated	1 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
WCAT Decision A2402099	BC WCAT	Canada	—	2025-07-30	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hakemi v. ICBC	BC CRT	Canada	—	2025-07-24	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Pennytech Inc v Superior Building Group Limited	Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board	Canada	—	2025-07-21	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Moradi v. British Columbia (Human Rights Tribunal)	Supreme Court of British Columbia	Canada	—	2025-07-18	ChatGPT	Misconduct taken into account in allocating costs	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Blaser v. Campbell	Civil Resolution Tribunal	Canada	—	2025-07-15	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Mohamed Elkareem v ATU Local 113 and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)	Ontario LRB	Canada	—	2025-07-11	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lloyd’s Register Canada v. Munchang Choi	Federal Court of Canada	Canada	—	2025-07-10	Unidentified	Motion Record removed from Court file; costs awarded to Applicant	500 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Dhuruvasangary v. Toronto Standard Condominium Corporation No. 1532	ONCAT	Canada	—	2025-07-09	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
NCR v KKB	Court of King’s Bench of Alberta	Canada	—	2025-07-09	Implied	The court disregarded the fabricated citations and did not impose costs on the self-represented litigant.	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
AQ v. BW	Civil Resolution Tribunal	Canada	—	2025-07-04	Implied	Monetary Sanction	1000 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
LaPointe v. Chief Animal Welfare Inspector	Ontario's Animal Care Review Board	Canada	—	2025-06-30	ChatGPT	AI-generated materials excluded from evidence	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Enviro Plus Duct Cleaning v. Department of Public Works	Canadian ITT	Canada	—	2025-06-26	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Hussein v. Canada	Ottawa	Canada	—	2025-06-24	Visto.Ai	Monetary Sanction	100 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Monfared v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration	IRB	Canada	—	2025-06-20	ChatGTP	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
J.R.V. v. N.L.V.	SC British Columbia	Canada	—	2025-06-19	Unidentified	Costs to the claimant in the amount of $200.	200 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Attorney General v. $32,000 in Canadian Currency	Ontario SCJ	Canada	—	2025-06-16	Implied	Warning	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Noura Ahmed v Troy Powell, Peggy Pulliam, Jese Stovka	Ontario LRB	Canada	—	2025-06-09	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Zahariev v. Zaharieva	Supreme Court of British Columbia	Canada	—	2025-06-09	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lakhanpal v. Avis Budget Group Inc.	HRT Ontario	Canada	—	2025-06-04	Implied	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Iman Reza Saeidi v. Behzad Malaei Davu	SCJ Ontario	Canada	—	2025-05-30	Unidentified	Adverse Costs Order	1660 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Ko v. Li	Ontario SCJ	Canada	—	2025-05-28	ChatGPT	Plaintiff’s application dismissed; no costs imposed; court warns against future use of generative AI without verification; subsequent suspension and fine	10000 CAD	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
R. v. Chand	Ontario	Canada	—	2025-05-26	Implied	Warning and Directions for Remainder of case	None reported	Source (canlii.org)
Shakori v Tern, 2025 ONLTB 31233	LTB (Ontario)	Canada	—	2025-05-26	ChatGPT	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)
Lozano González v. Roberge	Housing Administrative Tribunal	Canada	—	2025-05-01	ChatGPT	—	None reported	Case summary (Charlotin AI Hallucination Cases DB)

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This database aggregates publicly reported court sanctions and orders over AI-hallucinated citations. It is informational only, not legal advice, and not a complete record of every such case nationwide — see our free citation checker to verify your own filings before this happens to you.