Engineer A Forensic Expert Non-Advocate Objectivity Suppression Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Non-Advocate_Objectivity_Suppression_Violation
Properties
Instance of
ForensicExpertWitnessObjectivityinAdversarialProceedingObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ForensicExpertWitnessObjectivityinAdversarialProceedingObligation
Case context
Engineer A was retained 'in support of the owner' as a forensic expert; upon discovering structural defects adverse to the owner's litigation position, the attorney instructed suppression; Engineer A complied, adopting an advocate's role rather than an objective expert's role.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.96
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to render objective, independent professional findings and resist the attorney's instruction to suppress adverse safety findings, functioning as an assistant to the trier of fact rather than as an advocate for the building owner.
Temporal scope
Throughout the forensic engagement, and specifically upon receipt of the attorney's confidentiality instruction
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.
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 as it is part of a lawsuit.
TTL
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case136:Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Non-Advocate_Objectivity_Suppression_Violation a proeth:ForensicExpertWitnessObjectivityinAdversarialProceedingObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Forensic Expert Non-Advocate Objectivity Suppression Violation" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case136:Engineer_A_Confidentiality_Non-Override_Imminent_Structural_Safety_Compliance_Failure ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case136:Engineer_A_Scope-Exceeding_Safety_Discovery_in_Expert_Witness_Engagement,
case136:Safety_Findings_Suppressed_by_Litigation_Confidentiality_Claim ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A was retained 'in support of the owner' as a forensic expert; upon discovering structural defects adverse to the owner's litigation position, the attorney instructed suppression; Engineer A complied, adopting an advocate's role rather than an objective expert's role." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.96" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case136:Forensic_Expert_Non-Advocate_Status_Violated_By_Engineer_A_Suppression_Of_Structural_Defect_Findings ;
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 "Forensic Expert Witness Objectivity in Adversarial Proceeding Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to render objective, independent professional findings and resist the attorney's instruction to suppress adverse safety findings, functioning as an assistant to the trier of fact rather than as an advocate for the building owner." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Owner's attorney hires Engineer A to inspect the building and give expert testimony in support of the owner." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the forensic engagement, and specifically upon receipt of the attorney's confidentiality instruction" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A complys with the request of the attorney.",
"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 as it is part of a lawsuit." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 136 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:14:37.520611"^^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
2026-03-01T13:14:37.520611
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction