Overview
- U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves found a declaration in Pauliah v. University of Mississippi Medical Center contained fabricated deposition quotations with manufactured transcript citations.
- The false statements were submitted in opposition to summary judgment, which the court said risked corrupting its factual analysis.
- At a Rule 56(h) hearing, Dr. Pauliah admitted using generative AI to draft part of the declaration and acknowledged he did not review it before signing.
- The judge reported blame-shifting between Dr. Pauliah and former counsel Mr. Begley over authorship, yet determined both bore responsibility.
- Sanctions require Mr. Begley to pay $4,000 to opposing counsel and complete at least three hours of CLE on AI hallucinations, and require the plaintiff to pay $1,000.