Switching Sides Forensic Expert Prohibition Engineer A Dam Failure Discussion
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/170#Switching_Sides_Forensic_Expert_Prohibition_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure_Discussion
Properties
Instance of
SwitchingSidesForensicExpertProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SwitchingSidesForensicExpertProhibitionObligation
Case context
Discussion section confirms the switching-sides prohibition as applied to Engineer A's acceptance of the contractor's retainer after completing the government forensic investigation engagement.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from switching sides by accepting retention by the contractor — the opposing party in the same dam failure matter — after having been retained by the U.S. government in the same matter, because the engineer's prior access to the government's confidential forensic work product creates an irremediable conflict that cannot be cured by termination of the prior engagement.
Temporal scope
Upon being approached by the contractor for retention as expert witness, after completion of the government engagement
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
for those reasons we find that it would be unethical for an engineer who was retained by the U.S. government to be retained as an expert witness for a contractor who filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation
Text references
Under the revised Code section it is clear that Engineer A's action was in violation of Section III.4.b.
for those reasons we find that it would be unethical for an engineer who was retained by the U.S. government to be retained as an expert witness for a contractor who filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation
TTL
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proeth:casecontext "Discussion section confirms the switching-sides prohibition as applied to Engineer A's acceptance of the contractor's retainer after completing the government forensic investigation engagement." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
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proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
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proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "170" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T21:08:58.404135+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
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proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from switching sides by accepting retention by the contractor — the opposing party in the same dam failure matter — after having been retained by the U.S. government in the same matter, because the engineer's prior access to the government's confidential forensic work product creates an irremediable conflict that cannot be cured by termination of the prior engagement." ;
proeth:sourcetext "for those reasons we find that it would be unethical for an engineer who was retained by the U.S. government to be retained as an expert witness for a contractor who filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Upon being approached by the contractor for retention as expert witness, after completion of the government engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "Under the revised Code section it is clear that Engineer A's action was in violation of Section III.4.b.",
"for those reasons we find that it would be unethical for an engineer who was retained by the U.S. government to be retained as an expert witness for a contractor who filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 170 Extraction" ;
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
170
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T21:08:58.404135+00:00
First case
170
Generated
2026-03-01T21:08:58.404135+00:00
Attributed to
Case 170 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T21:17:58.667274
Generated by
ProEthica Case 170 Extraction