Ordinary Negligence Indemnification Prohibition Instance
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/108#Ordinary_Negligence_Indemnification_Prohibition_Instance
Properties
Instance of
ClientIndemnificationforOrdinaryNegligenceEthicallyImpermissibleState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClientIndemnificationforOrdinaryNegligenceEthicallyImpermissibleState
Active period
From the time professional liability insurance became reasonably available and affordable following the liability crisis
Affected parties
Clients required to indemnify engineers
Engineering profession generally
Engineers maintaining broad indemnification provisions
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Subject
Engineers who continue to require broad client indemnification for ordinary negligence after insurance market recovery
Terminated by
Engineer removes ordinary negligence indemnification from contracts and obtains professional liability insurance
Triggering event
Re-entry of professional liability insurers into the market, dissolving the original necessity justification for broad indemnification provisions
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
the engineer has an ethical obligation to obtain such protection and not seek indemnification from the client for ordinary negligence
Text references
Engineers may seek indemnification for professional services arising out of their practice for other than gross negligence, where the Engineer's interests cannot otherwise be protected
the engineer has an ethical obligation to obtain such protection and not seek indemnification from the client for ordinary negligence
TTL
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case108:Ordinary_Negligence_Indemnification_Prohibition_Instance a proeth:ClientIndemnificationforOrdinaryNegligenceEthicallyImpermissibleState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Ordinary Negligence Indemnification Prohibition Instance" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the time professional liability insurance became reasonably available and affordable following the liability crisis" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Clients required to indemnify engineers",
"Engineering profession generally",
"Engineers maintaining broad indemnification provisions" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "108" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T10:58:46.078116+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "108" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T10:58:46.078116+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the engineer has an ethical obligation to obtain such protection and not seek indemnification from the client for ordinary negligence" ;
proeth:stateclass "Client Indemnification for Ordinary Negligence Ethically Impermissible State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineers who continue to require broad client indemnification for ordinary negligence after insurance market recovery" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Engineer removes ordinary negligence indemnification from contracts and obtains professional liability insurance" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineers may seek indemnification for professional services arising out of their practice for other than gross negligence, where the Engineer's interests cannot otherwise be protected",
"the engineer has an ethical obligation to obtain such protection and not seek indemnification from the client for ordinary negligence" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Re-entry of professional liability insurers into the market, dissolving the original necessity justification for broad indemnification provisions" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 108 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T11:14:44.155489"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 108 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
108
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T10:58:46.078116+00:00
First case
108
Generated
2026-03-01T10:58:46.078116+00:00
Attributed to
Case 108 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T11:14:44.155489
Generated by
ProEthica Case 108 Extraction