Engineer A Boiler Code Chair Expert Witness Conflict Assessment
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/129#Engineer_A_Boiler_Code_Chair_Expert_Witness_Conflict_Assessment
Properties
Instance of
VolunteerStandardsRoleExpertWitnessConflictAssessmentState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#VolunteerStandardsRoleExpertWitnessConflictAssessmentState
Active period
From the time Engineer A was retained as forensic expert in the pending litigation through resolution of the litigation or withdrawal from one of the roles
Affected parties
Attorney X
Engineer A
Engineer B
Public
Retaining client
Technical society
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous role as chairman of boiler code standards and safety committee and retained forensic expert witness in litigation where Engineer B (a subcommittee member) serves as opposing expert
Terminated by
Conclusion of litigation or withdrawal from expert or committee role
Triggering event
Engineer A retained as forensic expert in litigation where opposing expert Engineer B is a member of Engineer A's technical subcommittee
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee to develop fact-based objective technical codes and standards for the benefit of the public.
Text references
Engineer A also has an obligation to be respectful of Engineer B in his role as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee and also not engage in any written or verbal exchanges with Engineer B regarding the pending litigation without direction from legal counsel.
Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise Attorney X that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee.
Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee to develop fact-based objective technical codes and standards for the benefit of the public.
TTL
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case129:Engineer_A_Boiler_Code_Chair_Expert_Witness_Conflict_Assessment a proeth:VolunteerStandardsRoleExpertWitnessConflictAssessmentState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Boiler Code Chair Expert Witness Conflict Assessment" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From the time Engineer A was retained as forensic expert in the pending litigation through resolution of the litigation or withdrawal from one of the roles" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Attorney X",
"Engineer A",
"Engineer B",
"Public",
"Retaining client",
"Technical society" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T19:35:01.322580+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T19:35:01.322580+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee to develop fact-based objective technical codes and standards for the benefit of the public." ;
proeth:stateclass "Volunteer Standards Role Expert Witness Conflict Assessment State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's simultaneous role as chairman of boiler code standards and safety committee and retained forensic expert witness in litigation where Engineer B (a subcommittee member) serves as opposing expert" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Conclusion of litigation or withdrawal from expert or committee role" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A also has an obligation to be respectful of Engineer B in his role as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee and also not engage in any written or verbal exchanges with Engineer B regarding the pending litigation without direction from legal counsel.",
"Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise Attorney X that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee.",
"Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee to develop fact-based objective technical codes and standards for the benefit of the public." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer A retained as forensic expert in litigation where opposing expert Engineer B is a member of Engineer A's technical subcommittee" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 129 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:54:29.974857"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 129 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
129
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T19:35:01.322580+00:00
First case
129
Generated
2026-02-27T19:35:01.322580+00:00
Attributed to
Case 129 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:54:29.974857
Generated by
ProEthica Case 129 Extraction