BER 90-5 Forensic Engineer Attorney-Directed Confidentiality Non-Override Structural Safety
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/149#BER_90-5_Forensic_Engineer_Attorney-Directed_Confidentiality_Non-Override_Structural_Safety
Properties
Instance of
Attorney-DirectedConfidentialityNon-OverrideofImminentOccupantSafetyObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Attorney-DirectedConfidentialityNon-OverrideofImminentOccupantSafetyObligation
Case context
Engineer retained by building owner's attorney; discovered serious structural defects constituting immediate threat to tenant safety; attorney instructed confidentiality as part of litigation strategy; engineer complied with confidentiality instruction.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Obligated party
BER 90-5 Forensic Engineer
Obligation statement
The BER 90-5 forensic engineer was obligated to notify appropriate public authorities of the serious structural defects constituting an immediate threat to tenant safety, notwithstanding the attorney's instruction to maintain confidentiality, because the immediate and imminent danger superseded any attorney-imposed confidentiality duty.
Temporal scope
Upon discovering serious structural defects constituting an immediate threat to tenant safety
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Public Welfare Paramount Invoked in BER 90-5 Structural Defect Concealment
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. The engineer complies with the request.
the Board discounted the attorney's statement that the engineer was legally bound to maintain confidentiality, noting that any such duty was superseded by the immediate and imminent danger to the building's tenants.
TTL
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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:temporalscope "Upon discovering serious structural defects constituting an immediate threat to tenant safety" ;
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. The engineer complies with the request.",
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
149
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T12:26:51.749955+00:00
First case
149
Generated
2026-03-01T12:26:51.749955+00:00
Attributed to
Case 149 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T12:35:30.896827
Generated by
ProEthica Case 149 Extraction