Engineer A Confidentiality Non-Bar Structural Disclosure County Official
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/132#Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Non-Bar_Structural_Disclosure_County_Official
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityNon-OverrideofImminentStructuralSafetyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityNon-OverrideofImminentStructuralSafetyObligation
Case context
Engineer A was retained by Client B under a professional services relationship; Engineer A disclosed the structural hazard to the county building official without Client B's explicit authorization, consistent with the principle that confidentiality does not bar public danger disclosure.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A's disclosure of the structural instability to the county building official was not barred by client confidentiality obligations, because the structural safety concern — even if non-imminent — constituted a public danger that pre-empted any confidentiality obligation to Client B.
Temporal scope
Upon determination that the structural instability posed a public danger
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Public Safety at Risk — Structural Instability
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official.
Text references
Although not imminent, collapse of the building is a danger, Engineer A believes.
Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official.
TTL
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case132:Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Non-Bar_Structural_Disclosure_County_Official a proeth:ConfidentialityNon-OverrideofImminentStructuralSafetyObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Confidentiality Non-Bar Structural Disclosure County Official" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case132:Engineer_A_Certificate_of_Occupancy_Authority_Re-Notification_Structural_Deficiency ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/132#Public_Safety_at_Risk_—_Structural_Instability> ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A was retained by Client B under a professional services relationship; Engineer A disclosed the structural hazard to the county building official without Client B's explicit authorization, consistent with the principle that confidentiality does not bar public danger disclosure." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case132:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Disclosure_To_County_Official ;
proeth:discoveredincase "132" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T18:00:00.019063+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "132" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T18:00:00.019063+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Confidentiality Non-Override of Imminent Structural Safety Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A's disclosure of the structural instability to the county building official was not barred by client confidentiality obligations, because the structural safety concern — even if non-imminent — constituted a public danger that pre-empted any confidentiality obligation to Client B." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon determination that the structural instability posed a public danger" ;
proeth:textreferences "Although not imminent, collapse of the building is a danger, Engineer A believes.",
"Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 132 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T18:17:34.023682"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 132 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
132
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T18:00:00.019063+00:00
First case
132
Generated
2026-02-27T18:00:00.019063+00:00
Attributed to
Case 132 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T18:17:34.023682
Generated by
ProEthica Case 132 Extraction