Engineer B Impaired Structural Design Engineer
Individual
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/16#Engineer_B_Impaired_Structural_Design_Engineer
Definition
Engineer B, a structural engineer and personal friend of Engineer A, suffered a stroke, continued operating his firm for financial reasons, delegated all design work to Engineer Intern C, and signed and sealed drawings with little to no review, resulting in serious structural design errors and the failure of Engineer A's building basement.
Properties
Parent
ImpairedEngineerDelegatingUnsealedWork
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ImpairedEngineerDelegatingUnsealedWork
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | Structural engineering |
| medical_condition | Stroke causing cognitive/professional impairment |
| firm_role | Sole licensed PE and owner |
| financial_motivation | Could not afford to suspend or close practice |
Concept Category
Role
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | employer_of |
| target | Engineer B Wife Non-Engineer Firm Manager |
| type | peer_friend |
| target | Engineer A Civil Engineering Firm Owner Client |
| type | provider_to |
| target | Engineer A Civil Engineering Firm Owner Client |
| type | supervisor_of |
| target | Engineer Intern C Unsupervised Intern |
Role Category
public_responsibility
Role Class
Impaired Engineer Delegating Unsealed Work
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A retained Engineer B, his friend and a structural engineer consultant, to perform the structural design
Text References
Engineer A retained Engineer B, his friend and a structural engineer consultant, to perform the structural design
Engineer B delegated practically all design work to Engineer Intern C
Engineer B divulged he had suffered a stroke a few months prior
Engineer B felt he could not afford to suspend work or close his office
Engineer B would sign and seal the drawings with little to no review
Engineer R's review revealed a surprising number of serious structural design errors, omissions, and faulty details
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
e208392925aad12e...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
16
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-02-25T04:09:35.914959+00:00
First Case
16
Generated
2026-02-25T04:09:35.914959+00:00
Attributed To
Case 16 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T12:12:21.715739
Generated By
ProEthica Case 16 Extraction