Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation Applied in Current Case
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/132#Incidental_Observation_Disclosure_Obligation_Applied_in_Current_Case
Properties
Instance of
IncidentalObservationDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#IncidentalObservationDisclosureObligation
Applied to
Client B Building Safety Investigation Client
County Building Official (Current Case)
Balancing with
Client confidentiality
Contractual scope limitations
Concrete expression
Engineer A, retained for fire origin/cause investigation, independently observed structural instability outside the contracted scope and disclosed it to Client B and the county building official, fulfilling the initial disclosure obligation but not yet the full escalation obligation
Confidence
0.94
Importance
high
Interpretation
The disclosure obligation applies to safety-relevant observations outside contracted scope; Engineer A correctly made the initial disclosure but was required to continue escalating when the county official failed to respond
Invoked by
Engineer A (Current Case) Forensic Building Investigation Engineer
Tension resolution
The disclosure obligation overrides contractual scope limitations when a material safety risk is identified
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A brought his concerns to Client B and also contacted the county building official who did not return Engineer A's phone call.
Text references
Engineer A brought his concerns to Client B and also contacted the county building official who did not return Engineer A's phone call.
TTL
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case132:Incidental_Observation_Disclosure_Obligation_Applied_in_Current_Case a proeth:IncidentalObservationDisclosureObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation Applied in Current Case" ;
proeth:appliedto "Client B Building Safety Investigation Client",
"County Building Official (Current Case)" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Client confidentiality",
"Contractual scope limitations" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A, retained for fire origin/cause investigation, independently observed structural instability outside the contracted scope and disclosed it to Client B and the county building official, fulfilling the initial disclosure obligation but not yet the full escalation obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.94" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "132" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T18:05:10.669588+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "132" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T18:05:10.669588+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The disclosure obligation applies to safety-relevant observations outside contracted scope; Engineer A correctly made the initial disclosure but was required to continue escalating when the county official failed to respond" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A (Current Case) Forensic Building Investigation Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Incidental Observation Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A brought his concerns to Client B and also contacted the county building official who did not return Engineer A's phone call." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The disclosure obligation overrides contractual scope limitations when a material safety risk is identified" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A brought his concerns to Client B and also contacted the county building official who did not return Engineer A's phone call." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 132 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T18:17:34.028880"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 132 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
132
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T18:05:10.669588+00:00
First case
132
Generated
2026-02-27T18:05:10.669588+00:00
Attributed to
Case 132 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T18:17:34.028880
Generated by
ProEthica Case 132 Extraction