Engineer A Competing Duties Between Attorney Instruction and Safety Obligation
Individual
dc439388
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Engineer_A_Competing_Duties_Between_Attorney_Instruction_and_Safety_Obligation
Properties
Parent
Activeperiod
From attorney's confidentiality instruction through Engineer A's compliance decision
Affectedparties
Building owner
Engineer A
Owner's attorney
Tenants
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Stateclass
Competing Duties State
Subject
Engineer A's professional obligations
Terminatedby
Engineer A's compliance decision (factually resolves the tension, but the ethical competing duty persists)
Triggeringevent
Simultaneous existence of (a) attorney-imposed confidentiality obligation and (b) paramount professional duty to protect public safety from immediate structural threat
Urgencylevel
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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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
dc439388bec7d706...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
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