Third-Party Affected Party Direct Notification Obligation Owed To Tenants By Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/136#Third-Party_Affected_Party_Direct_Notification_Obligation_Owed_To_Tenants_By_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
Third-PartyAffectedPartyDirectNotificationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Third-PartyAffectedPartyDirectNotificationObligation
Applied to
Building tenants exposed to imminent structural danger
Structural defects discovered during inspection
Balancing with
Confidentiality Principle
Loyalty
Concrete expression
The tenants are identifiable third parties directly exposed to imminent structural danger discovered by Engineer A; Engineer A is obligated to notify them directly of the risk, notwithstanding the attorney's confidentiality instruction
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
The tenants are the paradigm case of identifiable third parties directly exposed to imminent hazard; they are unaware of the structural defects (their suit has not mentioned them); Engineer A must notify them directly as they cannot protect themselves without this information
Invoked by
Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer
Tension resolution
Direct notification obligation to tenants overrides confidentiality instruction; Engineer A must notify tenants or proper authorities immediately
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. The tenants' suit has not mentioned these safety related defects.
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.
The tenants' suit has not mentioned these safety related defects.
TTL
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case136:Third-Party_Affected_Party_Direct_Notification_Obligation_Owed_To_Tenants_By_Engineer_A a proeth:Third-PartyAffectedPartyDirectNotificationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Third-Party Affected Party Direct Notification Obligation Owed To Tenants By Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Building tenants exposed to imminent structural danger",
"Structural defects discovered during inspection" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality Principle",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The tenants are identifiable third parties directly exposed to imminent structural danger discovered by Engineer A; Engineer A is obligated to notify them directly of the risk, notwithstanding the attorney's confidentiality instruction" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "136" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The tenants are the paradigm case of identifiable third parties directly exposed to imminent hazard; they are unaware of the structural defects (their suit has not mentioned them); Engineer A must notify them directly as they cannot protect themselves without this information" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Current Case Attorney-Directed Confidentiality-Bound Safety-Discovering Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Third-Party Affected Party Direct Notification Obligation" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A discovers serious structural defects in the building which he believes constitute an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants. The tenants' suit has not mentioned these safety related defects." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Direct notification obligation to tenants overrides confidentiality instruction; Engineer A must notify tenants or proper authorities immediately" ;
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.",
"The tenants' suit has not mentioned these safety related defects." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 136 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T13:14:37.519394"^^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
2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00
First case
136
Generated
2026-03-01T12:56:48.576232+00:00
Attributed to
Case 136 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T13:14:37.519394
Generated by
ProEthica Case 136 Extraction