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
licenseProfessional Engineer
specialtyMechanical engineering, safety engineering
volunteer_roleChairman, boiler code standards and safety committee (engineering society)
litigation_roleForensic expert witness retained by defense attorney
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
typecommittee_superior
targetEngineer B
typeopposing_expert
targetEngineer B
typeretained_by
targetAttorney X
Role category
provider_client
Relationships
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
@prefix case129: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/129#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . 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
Type
Individual
Last Updated
2026-05-28 16:26
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