Engineer A Confidentiality Scope Limitation Public Danger Structural Defects
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Scope_Limitation_Public_Danger_Structural_Defects
Properties
Instance of
ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation
Case context
The attorney's confidentiality instruction purported to cover structural defect findings that constitute an immediate threat to tenant safety — a public danger scenario where confidentiality obligations do not apply under the NSPE Code.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the attorney's confidentiality instruction did not extend to bar disclosure of structural defect findings constituting an immediate public danger, and to disclose those findings to appropriate regulatory authorities accordingly.
Temporal scope
Upon receipt of the attorney's confidentiality instruction
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Immediate Structural Thre at to Tenant Safety, Safety Findings Suppressed by Litigation Confidentiality Claim
derivedFromPrinciple
Confidentiality Non-Applicability To Public Danger Violated In Tenant Safety Case
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 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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case136:Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Scope_Limitation_Public_Danger_Structural_Defects a proeth:ConfidentialityScopeLimitationforPublicDangerDisclosureObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Confidentiality Scope Limitation Public Danger Structural Defects" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case136:Immediate_Structural_Threat_to_Tenant_Safety,
case136:Safety_Findings_Suppressed_by_Litigation_Confidentiality_Claim ;
proeth:casecontext "The attorney's confidentiality instruction purported to cover structural defect findings that constitute an immediate threat to tenant safety — a public danger scenario where confidentiality obligations do not apply under the NSPE Code." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.96" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case136:Confidentiality_Non-Applicability_To_Public_Danger_Violated_In_Tenant_Safety_Case ;
proeth:discoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:58:28.627588+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:58:28.627588+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Confidentiality Scope Limitation for Public Danger Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to recognize that the attorney's confidentiality instruction did not extend to bar disclosure of structural defect findings constituting an immediate public danger, and to disclose those findings to appropriate regulatory authorities accordingly." ;
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:temporalscope "Upon receipt of the attorney's confidentiality instruction" ;
proeth:textreferences "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:wasattributedto "Case 136 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:14:37.520920"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 136 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
136
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:58:28.627588+00:00
First case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T12:58:28.627588+00:00
Attributed to
Case 136 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:14:37.520920
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction