Engineer A Forensic Expert Switching Sides
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Switching_Sides
Definition
Initially retained by Attorney Z (plaintiff's counsel) to provide forensic engineering and safety analysis; terminated after determining findings would be unfavorable to plaintiff; subsequently retained by Attorney X (defendant's counsel) to provide a separate and independent analysis — an action the BER found unethical due to confidential information gained during the first engagement.
Properties
Instance of
ForensicExpertSwitchingSidesEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ForensicExpertSwitchingSidesEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | Forensic engineering and safety analysis |
| prior_engagement | Plaintiff's attorney (Attorney Z) |
| subsequent_engagement | Defendant's attorney (Attorney X) |
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | client |
| target | Attorney X Defendant Counsel Client |
| type | former_client |
| target | Attorney Z Plaintiff Counsel Client |
| type | subject_matter |
| target | Personal injury litigation |
Role category
provider_client
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A, a forensic engineer, was hired as a consultant by Attorney Z
Text references
Attorney X, representing the defendant in the case, learned of the circumstances relating to Engineer A's unwillingness to provide a report
Engineer A agreed to provide the report
Engineer A determined that he could not provide an engineering and safety analysis report favorable to the plaintiff
Engineer A's actions were not ethical
Engineer A's services were terminated and his fee was paid in full
Engineer A, a forensic engineer, was hired as a consultant by Attorney Z
TTL
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case106:Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Switching_Sides a proeth:ForensicExpertSwitchingSidesEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Forensic Expert Switching Sides" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case106:Confidentiality_Duration_Indeterminacy_Acknowledged_by_Board,
case106:Switching_Sides_Prohibition_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Role_in_BER_Case_85-4 ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case106:Engineer_A_Adversarial_Retention_Motivation_Awareness,
case106:Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Switching_Sides_Prohibition,
case106:Engineer_A_Former_Client_Confidentiality_Perpetuation_Post-Termination,
case106:Engineer_A_Full_Discussion_With_Attorney_Z_Obligation ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'specialty': 'Forensic engineering and safety analysis', 'prior_engagement': \"Plaintiff's attorney (Attorney Z)\", 'subsequent_engagement': \"Defendant's attorney (Attorney X)\"}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Initially retained by Attorney Z (plaintiff's counsel) to provide forensic engineering and safety analysis; terminated after determining findings would be unfavorable to plaintiff; subsequently retained by Attorney X (defendant's counsel) to provide a separate and independent analysis — an action the BER found unethical due to confidential information gained during the first engagement." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:41:19.072400+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:41:19.072400+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'client', 'target': 'Attorney X Defendant Counsel Client'}",
"{'type': 'former_client', 'target': 'Attorney Z Plaintiff Counsel Client'}",
"{'type': 'subject_matter', 'target': 'Personal injury litigation'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Forensic Expert Switching Sides Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A, a forensic engineer, was hired as a consultant by Attorney Z" ;
proeth:textreferences "Attorney X, representing the defendant in the case, learned of the circumstances relating to Engineer A's unwillingness to provide a report",
"Engineer A agreed to provide the report",
"Engineer A determined that he could not provide an engineering and safety analysis report favorable to the plaintiff",
"Engineer A's actions were not ethical",
"Engineer A's services were terminated and his fee was paid in full",
"Engineer A, a forensic engineer, was hired as a consultant by Attorney Z" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 106 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:58:47.911667"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 106 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
106
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:41:19.072400+00:00
First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:41:19.072400+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.911667
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction