Same-Matter Adverse Contractor Retainer Declination Engineer A Dam Failure
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/170#Same-Matter_Adverse_Contractor_Retainer_Declination_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure
Properties
Instance of
Same-MatterAdverseContractorRetainerDeclinationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Same-MatterAdverseContractorRetainerDeclinationObligation
Case context
The contractor filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation on the dam project. Engineer A, having previously investigated the dam failure on behalf of the government, was subsequently retained by the contractor — a per se switching-sides scenario in the same adversarial matter.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to decline the contractor's retainer upon recognizing that the contractor's claim against the U.S. government arose from the same dam project in which Engineer A had previously served as the government's forensic investigator, and that the contractor's motivation for seeking Engineer A's retention was Engineer A's prior access to the government's confidential forensic findings.
Temporal scope
Upon being approached by the contractor; no retroactive cure is available after acceptance
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:Same-Matter_Adverse_Contractor_Retainer_Declination_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure a proeth:Same-MatterAdverseContractorRetainerDeclinationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Same-Matter Adverse Contractor Retainer Declination Engineer A Dam Failure" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/170#Engineer_A_Structural_Conflict_of_Interest_—_Dual_Adverse_Retention_in_Same_Matter> ;
proeth:casecontext "The contractor filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation on the dam project. Engineer A, having previously investigated the dam failure on behalf of the government, was subsequently retained by the contractor — a per se switching-sides scenario in the same adversarial matter." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case170:Switching_Sides_Prohibition_Invoked_Against_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure_Forensic_Investigation_Engineer ;
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 "Same-Matter Adverse Contractor Retainer Declination Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to decline the contractor's retainer upon recognizing that the contractor's claim against the U.S. government arose from the same dam project in which Engineer A had previously served as the government's forensic investigator, and that the contractor's motivation for seeking Engineer A's retention was Engineer A's prior access to the government's confidential forensic findings." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A is retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon being approached by the contractor; 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 "2026-03-01T21:17:58.660821"^^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
2026-03-01T21:17:58.660821
Generated by
ProEthica Case 170 Extraction