FAITH SCHMIDT
v.
ALLISON LENDING LLC

Fla. 4th DCA | 2026-05-20
No. 2025-2488
Levin, J., Kuntz, C.J., May, J., Forst, J.
2026 FL 6028 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2026)

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Holding

The trial court's judgment was affirmed.


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[1] Appellate courts may sanction parties for submitting briefs generated by artificial intelligence that contain irrelevant arguments and citations to non-existent cases.

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“We once again warn against the filing of briefs generated by AI that include irrelevant arguments and cases that do not exist.”

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Facts & Procedural History

Faith Schmidt appealed a judgment entered against her by the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit in St. Lucie County. Schmidt filed a br…

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Opinion of the Court

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

FAITH SCHMIDT, Appellant,

V.

ALLISON LENDING LLC, Appellee.

No. 4D2025-2488

[May 20, 2026]

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Steven Joel Levin, Judge; L.T. Case No. 562024CA001004AXXXHC.

Faith Schmidt, Fort Pierce, pro se.

Aamir Hayat Saeed, Rosenberg & Cummings PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979). We once again warn against the filing of briefs generated by AI that include irrelevant arguments and cases that do not exist. We warn appellant and others filing documents in this Court that they may be sanctioned for similar conduct in the future. See, e.g., Goya v. Hayashida, 418 So. 3d 652, 656 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025).

KUNTZ, C.J., MAY and FORST, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.


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