Confidentiality Principle Applied To Plaintiff Case Information Transmitted To Engineer A
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/172#Confidentiality_Principle_Applied_To_Plaintiff_Case_Information_Transmitted_To_Engineer_A
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Confidential plaintiff case information and forensic analysis materials
Balancing with
Engineer mobility
Objectivity
Concrete expression
The confidential case information, documents, and analytical access provided by Attorney Z to Engineer A during the plaintiff-side forensic engagement created a confidentiality obligation that survived termination of the engagement and bars Engineer A from using that information — even implicitly — in the subsequent defense engagement
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Interpretation
The confidentiality obligation applies to all information obtained in the course of the professional engagement, including the analytical conclusions Engineer A reached about fault — using those conclusions (even without explicit disclosure) in the defense engagement violates the confidentiality principle
Invoked by
Engineer A Forensic Expert Switching Sides
Plaintiff Former Client Adverse Party
Tension resolution
Confidentiality obligation survives termination and full payment of fees — the plaintiff's attorney's transmission of confidential information to Engineer A created an obligation that cannot be extinguished by the mechanics of engagement termination
Source Evidence
Source text
He is hired as a consultant by Attorney Z to provide an engineering and safety analysis report and courtroom testimony in support of a plaintiff in a personal injury case.
Text references
Engineer A agrees to provide the report.
Engineer A is a forensic engineer. He is hired as a consultant by Attorney Z to provide an engineering and safety analysis report and courtroom testimony in support of a plaintiff in a personal injury case.
Engineer A's services are terminated and his fee is paid in full.
TTL
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case172:Confidentiality_Principle_Applied_To_Plaintiff_Case_Information_Transmitted_To_Engineer_A a proeth:ConfidentialityPrinciple,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Confidentiality Principle Applied To Plaintiff Case Information Transmitted To Engineer A" ;
proeth:appliedto "Confidential plaintiff case information and forensic analysis materials" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Engineer mobility",
"Objectivity" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The confidential case information, documents, and analytical access provided by Attorney Z to Engineer A during the plaintiff-side forensic engagement created a confidentiality obligation that survived termination of the engagement and bars Engineer A from using that information — even implicitly — in the subsequent defense engagement" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T18:11:21.402975+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T18:11:21.402975+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The confidentiality obligation applies to all information obtained in the course of the professional engagement, including the analytical conclusions Engineer A reached about fault — using those conclusions (even without explicit disclosure) in the defense engagement violates the confidentiality principle" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Forensic Expert Switching Sides",
"Plaintiff Former Client Adverse Party" ;
proeth:principleclass "Confidentiality Principle" ;
proeth:sourcetext "He is hired as a consultant by Attorney Z to provide an engineering and safety analysis report and courtroom testimony in support of a plaintiff in a personal injury case." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Confidentiality obligation survives termination and full payment of fees — the plaintiff's attorney's transmission of confidential information to Engineer A created an obligation that cannot be extinguished by the mechanics of engagement termination" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A agrees to provide the report.",
"Engineer A is a forensic engineer. He is hired as a consultant by Attorney Z to provide an engineering and safety analysis report and courtroom testimony in support of a plaintiff in a personal injury case.",
"Engineer A's services are terminated and his fee is paid in full." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 172 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T18:28:40.767002"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 172 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
172
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:11:21.402975+00:00
First case
172
Generated
2026-03-01T18:11:21.402975+00:00
Attributed to
Case 172 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:28:40.767002
Generated by
ProEthica Case 172 Extraction