No-Current-Client-Relationship Safety Action — Engineer A Post-Sale Barn
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/133#No-Current-Client-Relationship_Safety_Action_—_Engineer_A_Post-Sale_Barn
Properties
Instance of
No-Current-Client-RelationshipPublicSafetyActionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#No-Current-Client-RelationshipPublicSafetyActionObligation
Case context
Engineer A had no current professional relationship with Jones or the barn property, having sold it four years earlier, yet retained a professional duty to act upon learning of the credible structural risk.
Compliance status
partial
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A's professional obligation to act on the structural safety concern was not extinguished by the absence of any current client relationship with Jones or the property; Engineer A was obligated to take affirmative safety action — notifying Jones and relevant authorities — based solely on the paramount duty to protect public health and safety.
Temporal scope
Upon Engineer A learning of the structural modifications and forming a concern about collapse risk
Relationships
competesWith
Original Designer Post-Sale Safety Notification — Engineer A Barn Snow Load Collapse Risk
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Post-Sale Continuing Safety Obligation
Source Evidence
Source text
Four years later, Engineer A sells the property, including the barn, to Jones.
Text references
Engineer A learns of the extension and is concerned that the structure may be in danger of collapse due to severe snow loads.
Engineer A verbally contacts the town supervisor who agrees to look into the matter, but no action is taken.
Four years later, Engineer A sells the property, including the barn, to Jones.
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "Engineer A had no current professional relationship with Jones or the barn property, having sold it four years earlier, yet retained a professional duty to act upon learning of the credible structural risk." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "partial" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
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proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A's professional obligation to act on the structural safety concern was not extinguished by the absence of any current client relationship with Jones or the property; Engineer A was obligated to take affirmative safety action — notifying Jones and relevant authorities — based solely on the paramount duty to protect public health and safety." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Four years later, Engineer A sells the property, including the barn, to Jones." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon Engineer A learning of the structural modifications and forming a concern about collapse risk" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A learns of the extension and is concerned that the structure may be in danger of collapse due to severe snow loads.",
"Engineer A verbally contacts the town supervisor who agrees to look into the matter, but no action is taken.",
"Four years later, Engineer A sells the property, including the barn, to Jones." ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
133
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-28T16:31:10.736466+00:00
First case
133
Generated
2026-02-28T16:31:10.736466+00:00
Attributed to
Case 133 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T16:47:31.565703
Generated by
ProEthica Case 133 Extraction