AI and Litigation

A recent Axios report highlights a growing concern in the legal profession: artificial intelligence may be eliminating some of the entry-level work that teaches young lawyers how to develop judgment. AI can summarize documents, organize records, and speed up research. But it cannot replace the human judgment required to understand what really happened to a vulnerable resident.

Nursing home cases are built on details. A missed medication, a skipped turn, a vague progress note, a falsified check, a staffing shortage, or a delayed change-of-condition report can change the entire meaning of a case. Those details require lawyers who know how to question records, compare timelines, test explanations, and recognize when a facility’s paperwork does not match reality.

AI may become a powerful tool, but it cannot become a substitute for training, skepticism, or experience. In elder abuse and neglect cases, the danger is not just missing information. It is trusting a system too quickly when a vulnerable person’s safety depended on someone asking harder questions.