Engineer A Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Engineer_A_Attorney-Directed_Confidentiality-Bound_Safety-Discovering_Engineer
Definition
Retained by the building owner's attorney to inspect the building and provide expert testimony; discovers serious structural defects constituting an immediate threat to tenant safety not raised in the existing lawsuit; reports findings to the attorney; complies with the attorney's instruction to maintain confidentiality over the safety-critical findings.
Properties
Instance of
Attorney-DirectedConfidentiality-BoundSafety-DiscoveringEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Attorney-DirectedConfidentiality-BoundSafety-DiscoveringEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | Building inspection and structural assessment |
| engagement_type | Forensic expert witness retained by defense attorney |
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | retained_by |
| target | Owner's Attorney |
| type | safety_obligation_toward |
| target | Building Tenants |
| type | subject_to_confidentiality_directive_from |
| target | Owner's Attorney |
Role category
public_responsibility
Source Evidence
Source text
Owner's attorney hires Engineer A to inspect the building and give expert testimony in support of the owner
Text references
Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney
Engineer A discovers serious structural defects in the building which he believes constitute an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants
Owner's attorney hires Engineer A to inspect the building and give expert testimony in support of the owner
Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential
TTL
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case136:Engineer_A_Attorney-Directed_Confidentiality-Bound_Safety-Discovering_Engineer a proeth:Attorney-DirectedConfidentiality-BoundSafety-DiscoveringEngineer,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'specialty': 'Building inspection and structural assessment', 'engagement_type': 'Forensic expert witness retained by defense attorney'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Retained by the building owner's attorney to inspect the building and provide expert testimony; discovers serious structural defects constituting an immediate threat to tenant safety not raised in the existing lawsuit; reports findings to the attorney; complies with the attorney's instruction to maintain confidentiality over the safety-critical findings." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:51:45.059280+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:51:45.059280+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'retained_by', 'target': \"Owner's Attorney\"}",
"{'type': 'safety_obligation_toward', 'target': 'Building Tenants'}",
"{'type': 'subject_to_confidentiality_directive_from', 'target': \"Owner's Attorney\"}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Owner's attorney hires Engineer A to inspect the building and give expert testimony in support of the owner" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney",
"Engineer A discovers serious structural defects in the building which he believes constitute an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants",
"Owner's attorney hires Engineer A to inspect the building and give expert testimony in support of the owner",
"Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 136 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:14:37.510450"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 136 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
136
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:51:45.059280+00:00
First case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T12:51:45.059280+00:00
Attributed to
Case 136 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:14:37.510450
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction