Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/129#Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert
Definition
Serves as volunteer chair of a boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and is retained by Attorney X as a forensic expert witness in personal injury litigation involving boiler safety — the present case finding no inherent conflict but imposing disclosure and ex parte communication obligations.
Properties
Instance of
StandardsCommitteeChairExpertWitness
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#StandardsCommitteeChairExpertWitness
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | Mechanical engineering, safety engineering |
| volunteer_role | Chairman, boiler code standards and safety committee (engineering society) |
| litigation_role | Forensic expert witness retained by defense attorney |
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | committee_superior |
| target | Engineer B |
| type | opposing_expert |
| target | Engineer B |
| type | retained_by |
| target | Attorney X |
Role category
provider_client
Relationships
adheresToPrinciple
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Evolution Invoked By Engineer A Committee Supervisory Relationship, Conflict of Interest Disclosure Evolution Principle Invoked By Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert, Conflict of Interest Disclosure Invoked By Engineer A Expert Witness Engagement, Dual Role Appearance of Impropriety Invoked By Engineer A Committee Chair and Expert Witness, Engineer Non-Advocate Status Invoked By Engineer A Defense Expert Role, Engineer Non-Advocate Status in Adversarial Proceedings Invoked By Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert, Honesty Invoked By Engineer A Disclosure to Attorney X, Objectivity Invoked By Engineer A Forensic Investigation, Objectivity Invoked By Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert, Professional Dignity Invoked By Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert Toward Engineer B, Professional Dignity Invoked By Engineer A Supervisory Relationship Over Engineer B, Standards Committee Role Disclosure Invoked By Engineer A, Standards Committee Role Disclosure Invoked By Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert, Volunteer Standards Role Independence Preservation Invoked By Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert
hasObligation
Engineer A Dual Role Appearance of Impropriety Management Committee Chair and Defense Expert, Engineer A Forensic Expert Objectivity in Defense Retention Pressure Vessel Explosion, Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Dual Disclosure to Attorney X, Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Expert Witness Conflict Disclosure to Attorney X, Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert Honesty and Integrity Obligation, Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert Objectivity Obligation, Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Non-Communication with Engineer B Regarding Litigation, Engineer A Volunteer Standards Role Non-Preclusion of Forensic Service
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee
Text references
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
Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee
Engineer A would be offering opinions as a mechanical engineer with expertise in safety engineering independent of any role as the safety codes and standards chair
advise Attorney X that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee
not engage in any written or verbal exchanges with Engineer B regarding the pending litigation without direction from legal counsel
TTL
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case129:Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert a proeth:StandardsCommitteeChairExpertWitness,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Standards Committee Chair Forensic Expert" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case129:Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Evolution_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Committee_Supervisory_Relationship,
case129:Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Evolution_Principle_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert,
case129:Conflict_of_Interest_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Expert_Witness_Engagement,
case129:Dual_Role_Appearance_of_Impropriety_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Committee_Chair_and_Expert_Witness,
case129:Engineer_Non-Advocate_Status_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Defense_Expert_Role,
case129:Engineer_Non-Advocate_Status_in_Adversarial_Proceedings_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert,
case129:Honesty_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Disclosure_to_Attorney_X,
case129:Objectivity_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Forensic_Investigation,
case129:Objectivity_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert,
case129:Professional_Dignity_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert_Toward_Engineer_B,
case129:Professional_Dignity_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Supervisory_Relationship_Over_Engineer_B,
case129:Standards_Committee_Role_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_A,
case129:Standards_Committee_Role_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert,
case129:Volunteer_Standards_Role_Independence_Preservation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case129:Engineer_A_Dual_Role_Appearance_of_Impropriety_Management_Committee_Chair_and_Defense_Expert,
case129:Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Objectivity_in_Defense_Retention_Pressure_Vessel_Explosion,
case129:Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Dual_Disclosure_to_Attorney_X,
case129:Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Expert_Witness_Conflict_Disclosure_to_Attorney_X,
case129:Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert_Honesty_and_Integrity_Obligation,
case129:Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Forensic_Expert_Objectivity_Obligation,
case129:Engineer_A_Standards_Committee_Chair_Non-Communication_with_Engineer_B_Regarding_Litigation,
case129:Engineer_A_Volunteer_Standards_Role_Non-Preclusion_of_Forensic_Service ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'specialty': 'Mechanical engineering, safety engineering', 'volunteer_role': 'Chairman, boiler code standards and safety committee (engineering society)', 'litigation_role': 'Forensic expert witness retained by defense attorney'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Serves as volunteer chair of a boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and is retained by Attorney X as a forensic expert witness in personal injury litigation involving boiler safety — the present case finding no inherent conflict but imposing disclosure and ex parte communication obligations." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T19:34:43.817300+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T19:34:43.817300+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'committee_superior', 'target': 'Engineer B'}",
"{'type': 'opposing_expert', 'target': 'Engineer B'}",
"{'type': 'retained_by', 'target': 'Attorney X'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "provider_client" ;
proeth:roleclass "Standards Committee Chair Expert Witness" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee" ;
proeth:textreferences "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",
"Engineer A is serving as a volunteer to a technical society standards-setting committee",
"Engineer A would be offering opinions as a mechanical engineer with expertise in safety engineering independent of any role as the safety codes and standards chair",
"advise Attorney X that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee",
"not engage in any written or verbal exchanges with Engineer B regarding the pending litigation without direction from legal counsel" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 129 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:54:29.973795"^^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
2026-02-27T19:34:43.817300+00:00
First case
129
Generated
2026-02-27T19:34:43.817300+00:00
Attributed to
Case 129 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:54:29.973795
Generated by
ProEthica Case 129 Extraction