Engineer A Full Discussion With Attorney Z Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Full_Discussion_With_Attorney_Z_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
SwitchingSidesFullDiscussionWithOriginalClientObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SwitchingSidesFullDiscussionWithOriginalClientObligation
Case context
Engineer A determined findings would be unfavorable to plaintiff and terminated the engagement without fully discussing the ethical implications with Attorney Z, then accepted retention by opposing counsel.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to fully discuss the ethical dilemma with Attorney Z before terminating the engagement and before accepting any retention by the opposing party, so that Attorney Z had the opportunity to address Engineer A's concerns or otherwise resolve the conflict.
Temporal scope
Upon determining that findings would be unfavorable to plaintiff and before terminating engagement with Attorney Z
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
The Board further noted that Engineer A should instead have fully discussed the issue with Attorney Z.
Text references
The Board further noted that Engineer A should instead have fully discussed the issue with Attorney Z.
TTL
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case106:Engineer_A_Full_Discussion_With_Attorney_Z_Obligation a proeth:SwitchingSidesFullDiscussionWithOriginalClientObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Full Discussion With Attorney Z Obligation" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Conflict_of_Interest_—_Cross-Side_Adversarial_Retention_BER_85-4> ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A determined findings would be unfavorable to plaintiff and terminated the engagement without fully discussing the ethical implications with Attorney Z, then accepted retention by opposing counsel." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case106:Switching_Sides_Prohibition_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Role_in_BER_Case_85-4 ;
proeth:discoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Switching Sides Full Discussion With Original Client Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to fully discuss the ethical dilemma with Attorney Z before terminating the engagement and before accepting any retention by the opposing party, so that Attorney Z had the opportunity to address Engineer A's concerns or otherwise resolve the conflict." ;
proeth:sourcetext "The Board further noted that Engineer A should instead have fully discussed the issue with Attorney Z." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon determining that findings would be unfavorable to plaintiff and before terminating engagement with Attorney Z" ;
proeth:textreferences "The Board further noted that Engineer A should instead have fully discussed the issue with Attorney Z." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 106 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:58:47.918817"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 106 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
106
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00
First case
106
Generated
2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00
Attributed to
Case 106 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:58:47.918817
Generated by
ProEthica Case 106 Extraction