Switching Sides Prohibition Engineer A Dam Failure Government to Contractor
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/170#Switching_Sides_Prohibition_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure_Government_to_Contractor
Properties
Instance of
SwitchingSidesForensicExpertProhibitionObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SwitchingSidesForensicExpertProhibitionObligation
Case context
Engineer A was first retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure. The contractor on the same project subsequently filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation and retained Engineer A — the same engineer who had investigated the failure on behalf of the government — creating a direct switching-sides scenario in the same adversarial matter.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to refrain from accepting retention by the contractor who filed a claim against the U.S. government, having previously been retained by the U.S. government to forensically investigate the causes of the same dam failure, because the prior engagement gave Engineer A access to the government's confidential forensic findings and created an irremediable conflict of interest.
Temporal scope
Upon being approached by the contractor for retention; obligation persists for the duration of the adversarial proceeding
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:Switching_Sides_Prohibition_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure_Government_to_Contractor a proeth:SwitchingSidesForensicExpertProhibitionObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Switching Sides Prohibition Engineer A Dam Failure Government to Contractor" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case170:Post-Engagement_Termination_Same-Matter_Adverse_Expert_Witness_Declination_Engineer_A_Dam_Failure ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case170:Sequential_Opposing-Party_Retention_in_Same_Dam_Failure_Investigative_Matter ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A was first retained by the U.S. government to study the causes of a dam failure. The contractor on the same project subsequently filed a claim against the U.S. government for additional compensation and retained Engineer A — the same engineer who had investigated the failure on behalf of the government — creating a direct switching-sides scenario in the same adversarial matter." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
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 "Switching Sides Forensic Expert Prohibition Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to refrain from accepting retention by the contractor who filed a claim against the U.S. government, having previously been retained by the U.S. government to forensically investigate the causes of the same dam failure, because the prior engagement gave Engineer A access to the government's confidential forensic findings and created an irremediable conflict of interest." ;
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 for retention; obligation persists for the duration of the adversarial proceeding" ;
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 "2026-03-01T21:17:58.659677"^^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
2026-03-01T21:17:58.659677
Generated by
ProEthica Case 170 Extraction