Proceeding Duration Loyalty Persistence Engineer A U.S. Government Dam Failure
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/170#Proceeding_Duration_Loyalty_Persistence_Engineer_A_U.S._Government_Dam_Failure
Properties
Instance of
Proceeding-DurationFormerClientLoyaltyPersistenceObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Proceeding-DurationFormerClientLoyaltyPersistenceObligation
Case context
The contractor's claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation constitutes an ongoing adversarial proceeding. Engineer A's prior government engagement in the same dam failure matter triggers a continuing loyalty obligation that persists through the conclusion of that proceeding.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.91
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to maintain a duty of trust and loyalty to the U.S. government — the former client — for at least the full duration of the contractor's claim proceeding arising from the dam failure, and therefore could not accept the contractor's adverse retainer while that proceeding remained ongoing.
Temporal scope
From the termination of the government engagement through the conclusion of the contractor's claim proceeding against the U.S. government
Relationships
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:Proceeding_Duration_Loyalty_Persistence_Engineer_A_U.S._Government_Dam_Failure a proeth:Proceeding-DurationFormerClientLoyaltyPersistenceObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Proceeding Duration Loyalty Persistence Engineer A U.S. Government Dam Failure" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case170:Termination_Non-Cure_Adversarial_Conflict_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case170:Sequential_Opposing-Party_Retention_in_Same_Dam_Failure_Investigative_Matter ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case170:Termination_Non-Cure_Adversarial_Conflict_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure ;
proeth:casecontext "The contractor's claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation constitutes an ongoing adversarial proceeding. Engineer A's prior government engagement in the same dam failure matter triggers a continuing loyalty obligation that persists through the conclusion of that proceeding." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.91" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case170:Loyalty_Obligation_of_Engineer_A_to_Former_Client_U.S._Government,
case170:Loyalty_Principle_Invoked_for_Former_Client_Government_Protection ;
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 "Proceeding-Duration Former Client Loyalty Persistence Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to maintain a duty of trust and loyalty to the U.S. government — the former client — for at least the full duration of the contractor's claim proceeding arising from the dam failure, and therefore could not accept the contractor's adverse retainer while that proceeding remained ongoing." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure." ;
proeth:temporalscope "From the termination of the government engagement through the conclusion of the contractor's claim proceeding against the U.S. government" ;
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 "2026-03-01T21:17:58.660133"^^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
2026-03-01T21:17:58.660133
Generated by
ProEthica Case 170 Extraction