Former Client Adversarial Consent Prerequisite Engineer A U.S. Government Dam Failure
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/170#Former_Client_Adversarial_Consent_Prerequisite_Engineer_A_U.S._Government_Dam_Failure
Properties
Instance of
FormerClientAdversarialProceedingConsentPrerequisiteObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FormerClientAdversarialProceedingConsentPrerequisiteObligation
Case context
Engineer A acquired particular specialized knowledge — the technical causes of the dam failure — on behalf of the U.S. government. The contractor's claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation is directly adverse to the government's interests in the same matter. No consent from the U.S. government is indicated in the case facts.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to obtain the informed consent of the U.S. government — the former client in whose service Engineer A gained specialized knowledge of the dam failure causes — before accepting any engagement adverse to the U.S. government in the contractor's claim arising from the same dam project.
Temporal scope
Before accepting the contractor's retainer; no retroactive cure is available after acceptance
Relationships
derivedFromPrinciple
Former Client Adversarial Participation Prohibition Invoked Against Engineer A
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure.
Text references
Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure.
Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor on this project, who has filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation.
TTL
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case170:Former_Client_Adversarial_Consent_Prerequisite_Engineer_A_U.S._Government_Dam_Failure a proeth:FormerClientAdversarialProceedingConsentPrerequisiteObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Former Client Adversarial Consent Prerequisite Engineer A U.S. Government Dam Failure" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case170:Termination_Non-Cure_Adversarial_Conflict_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case170:Contractor_Cross-Side_Retention_of_Engineer_A_in_Same_Dam_Failure_Matter ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A acquired particular specialized knowledge — the technical causes of the dam failure — on behalf of the U.S. government. The contractor's claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation is directly adverse to the government's interests in the same matter. No consent from the U.S. government is indicated in the case facts." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case170:Former_Client_Adversarial_Participation_Prohibition_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A ;
proeth:discoveredincase "170" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T21:03:02.751219+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "170" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T21:03:02.751219+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Former Client Adversarial Proceeding Consent Prerequisite Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to obtain the informed consent of the U.S. government — the former client in whose service Engineer A gained specialized knowledge of the dam failure causes — before accepting any engagement adverse to the U.S. government in the contractor's claim arising from the same dam project." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Before accepting the contractor's retainer; no retroactive cure is available after acceptance" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure.",
"Later Engineer A is retained by the contractor on this project, who has filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 170 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T21:17:58.659816"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 170 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
170
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T21:03:02.751219+00:00
First case
170
Generated
2026-03-01T21:03:02.751219+00:00
Attributed to
Case 170 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T21:17:58.659816
Generated by
ProEthica Case 170 Extraction