Engineer A Scope-of-Work Non-Shield Structural Disclosure Fire Investigation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/132#Engineer_A_Scope-of-Work_Non-Shield_Structural_Disclosure_Fire_Investigation
Properties
Instance of
Scope-of-WorkNon-ExcuseforMaterialEvidenceOmissionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Scope-of-WorkNon-ExcuseforMaterialEvidenceOmissionObligation
Case context
Engineer A was retained for fire investigation only; the structural instability was outside the contracted scope; Engineer A nonetheless disclosed the structural hazard to the client, building official, and building owners.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.89
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the contractual scope — fire origin and cause investigation — did not shield the engineer from the obligation to disclose the structural instability observed during the investigation, and to act on that observation consistent with public welfare obligations.
Temporal scope
Upon observation of structural instability during the fire investigation
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Forensic Scope-Exceeding Structural Discovery
derivedFromPrinciple
Scope-of-Work Limitation Non-Defense Invoked By Engineer A Structural Disclosure
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is hired by Client B to conduct a building investigation to determine the origin and cause of a fire resulting in financial loss.
Text references
During the investigation, Engineer A, who was also a structural engineer, observes that the building is structurally unstable.
Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official.
Engineer A is hired by Client B to conduct a building investigation to determine the origin and cause of a fire resulting in financial loss.
TTL
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case132:Engineer_A_Scope-of-Work_Non-Shield_Structural_Disclosure_Fire_Investigation a proeth:Scope-of-WorkNon-ExcuseforMaterialEvidenceOmissionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Scope-of-Work Non-Shield Structural Disclosure Fire Investigation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case132:Engineer_A_Incidental_Structural_Observation_Disclosure_Fire_Investigation ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case132:Engineer_A_Forensic_Scope-Exceeding_Structural_Discovery ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A was retained for fire investigation only; the structural instability was outside the contracted scope; Engineer A nonetheless disclosed the structural hazard to the client, building official, and building owners." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.89" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case132:Scope-of-Work_Limitation_Non-Defense_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Structural_Disclosure ;
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 "Scope-of-Work Non-Excuse for Material Evidence Omission Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the contractual scope — fire origin and cause investigation — did not shield the engineer from the obligation to disclose the structural instability observed during the investigation, and to act on that observation consistent with public welfare obligations." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is hired by Client B to conduct a building investigation to determine the origin and cause of a fire resulting in financial loss." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon observation of structural instability during the fire investigation" ;
proeth:textreferences "During the investigation, Engineer A, who was also a structural engineer, observes that the building is structurally unstable.",
"Engineer A immediately advises Client B and calls the county building official.",
"Engineer A is hired by Client B to conduct a building investigation to determine the origin and cause of a fire resulting in financial loss." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 132 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T18:17:34.023345"^^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
2026-02-27T18:17:34.023345
Generated by
ProEthica Case 132 Extraction