Loyalty Principle Invoked for Engineer A Post-Termination Obligations to Plaintiff
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/172#Loyalty_Principle_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Post-Termination_Obligations_to_Plaintiff
Properties
Instance of
Applied to
Engineer A's post-termination obligations to the plaintiff in the ongoing personal injury litigation
Balancing with
Engineer Professional Autonomy and Independence Preservation Principle
Objectivity
Concrete expression
The Board held that Engineer A retained a duty of trust and loyalty to the plaintiff as a former client that survived the formal termination of his engagement — this duty of loyalty, alongside confidentiality, barred him from accepting the opposing party's retention in the same proceeding
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
Loyalty in the forensic engineering context extends beyond the formal engagement period and encompasses an obligation not to use the trust relationship established during the engagement to the detriment of the former client in the same matter
Invoked by
Engineer A Forensic Expert Switching Sides
Plaintiff Former Client Adverse Party
Tension resolution
Loyalty to the former client prevailed over Engineer A's autonomy to accept new engagements in the same proceeding
Source Evidence
Source text
he still has an ethical obligation to that client to protect certain confidential information and facts, as well as a certain duty of trust and loyalty.
Text references
he still has an ethical obligation to that client to protect certain confidential information and facts, as well as a certain duty of trust and loyalty.
such a duty exists for the duration of one legal proceeding.
TTL
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rdfs:label "Loyalty Principle Invoked for Engineer A Post-Termination Obligations to Plaintiff" ;
proeth:appliedto "Engineer A's post-termination obligations to the plaintiff in the ongoing personal injury litigation" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Engineer Professional Autonomy and Independence Preservation Principle",
"Objectivity" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "The Board held that Engineer A retained a duty of trust and loyalty to the plaintiff as a former client that survived the formal termination of his engagement — this duty of loyalty, alongside confidentiality, barred him from accepting the opposing party's retention in the same proceeding" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T18:17:07.586626+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T18:17:07.586626+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "Loyalty in the forensic engineering context extends beyond the formal engagement period and encompasses an obligation not to use the trust relationship established during the engagement to the detriment of the former client in the same matter" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Forensic Expert Switching Sides",
"Plaintiff Former Client Adverse Party" ;
proeth:principleclass "Loyalty" ;
proeth:sourcetext "he still has an ethical obligation to that client to protect certain confidential information and facts, as well as a certain duty of trust and loyalty." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Loyalty to the former client prevailed over Engineer A's autonomy to accept new engagements in the same proceeding" ;
proeth:textreferences "he still has an ethical obligation to that client to protect certain confidential information and facts, as well as a certain duty of trust and loyalty.",
"such a duty exists for the duration of one legal proceeding." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 172 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T18:28:40.772978"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 172 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
172
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:17:07.586626+00:00
First case
172
Generated
2026-03-01T18:17:07.586626+00:00
Attributed to
Case 172 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:28:40.772978
Generated by
ProEthica Case 172 Extraction