Engineer A Competing Duties Between Attorney Instruction and Safety Obligation
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Engineer_A_Competing_Duties_Between_Attorney_Instruction_and_Safety_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From attorney's confidentiality instruction through Engineer A's compliance decision
Affected parties
Building owner
Engineer A
Owner's attorney
Tenants
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's professional obligations
Terminated by
Engineer A's compliance decision (factually resolves the tension, but the ethical competing duty persists)
Triggering event
Simultaneous existence of (a) attorney-imposed confidentiality obligation and (b) paramount professional duty to protect public safety from immediate structural threat
Urgency level
critical
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A discovers serious structural defects in the building which he believes constitute an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants.
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.
Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit.
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Competing Duties Between Attorney Instruction and Safety Obligation" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From attorney's confidentiality instruction through Engineer A's compliance decision" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Building owner",
"Engineer A",
"Owner's attorney",
"Tenants" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:51:56.414640+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:51:56.414640+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A discovers serious structural defects in the building which he believes constitute an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants." ;
proeth:stateclass "Competing Duties State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's professional obligations" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Engineer A's compliance decision (factually resolves the tension, but the ethical competing duty persists)" ;
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.",
"Engineer A is told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of a lawsuit." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Simultaneous existence of (a) attorney-imposed confidentiality obligation and (b) paramount professional duty to protect public safety from immediate structural threat" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "critical" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 136 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:14:37.513865"^^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
2026-03-01T12:51:56.414640+00:00
First case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T12:51:56.414640+00:00
Attributed to
Case 136 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:14:37.513865
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction