BER 90-5 Attorney-Directed Concealment of Imminent Structural Danger
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#BER_90-5_Attorney-Directed_Concealment_of_Imminent_Structural_Danger
Properties
Instance of
Attorney-DirectedSafetyConcealmentinLitigationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Attorney-DirectedSafetyConcealmentinLitigationState
Active period
From engineer's discovery of serious structural defects through attorney's instruction to maintain confidentiality as litigation material
Affected parties
Building owner
Court
Engineer (expert witness)
Retaining attorney
Tenants
Confidence
0.98
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer retained as expert witness by building owner's attorney who discovers structural defects constituting immediate tenant safety threat
Terminated by
BER determination that attorney-client privilege claim was superseded by immediate and imminent danger to tenants
Triggering event
Engineer's discovery of serious structural defects posing immediate threat to tenants, followed by attorney's confidentiality directive
Urgency level
critical
Source Evidence
Source text
The engineer discovered serious structural defects in the building which he believed constituted an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants
Text references
The engineer discovered serious structural defects in the building which he believed constituted an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants
Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, the engineer was told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of the lawsuit
any such duty was superseded by the immediate and imminent danger to the building's tenants
TTL
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"Court",
"Engineer (expert witness)",
"Retaining attorney",
"Tenants" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.98" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "149" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T12:15:15.837630+00:00" ;
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proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T12:15:15.837630+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "The engineer discovered serious structural defects in the building which he believed constituted an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants" ;
proeth:stateclass "Attorney-Directed Safety Concealment in Litigation State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer retained as expert witness by building owner's attorney who discovers structural defects constituting immediate tenant safety threat" ;
proeth:terminatedby "BER determination that attorney-client privilege claim was superseded by immediate and imminent danger to tenants" ;
proeth:textreferences "The engineer discovered serious structural defects in the building which he believed constituted an immediate threat to the safety of the tenants",
"Upon reporting the findings to the attorney, the engineer was told he must maintain this information as confidential as it is part of the lawsuit",
"any such duty was superseded by the immediate and imminent danger to the building's tenants" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer's discovery of serious structural defects posing immediate threat to tenants, followed by attorney's confidentiality directive" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "critical" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 149 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T12:35:30.884251"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 149 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
149
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:15:15.837630+00:00
First case
149
Generated
2026-03-01T12:15:15.837630+00:00
Attributed to
Case 149 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:35:30.884251
Generated by
ProEthica Case 149 Extraction