An Illinois disability dispute that had already been settled is now at the centre of a new legal fight, after an insurer alleged a ChatGPT chatbot effectively stepped into a lawyer's role and fuelled fresh litigation. The lawsuit claims the bot persuaded Graciela Dela Torre, from Des Plaines, to part ways with her actual attorney and press forward with filings that relied on invented case law.
Court papers say the saga began with a workplace injury claim, then escalated into a wave of motions and a second lawsuit that the insurer argues should never have existed. The complaint targets OpenAI, the company behind the chatbot, and seeks to recoup mounting defence costs as well as punitive damages.
