Sequential-Party-Representation-Ethics-Standard-ABC-Pattern
Rs · Resource
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/179#Sequential-Party-Representation-Ethics-Standard-ABC-Pattern
Properties
Instance of
SequentialPartyRepresentationEthicsStandard
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SequentialPartyRepresentationEthicsStandard
Confidence
0.82
Created by
NSPE Board of Ethical Review (inferred from case analysis)
Document title
Sequential Party Representation Ethics Standard (derived from BER analysis)
Importance
high
Used by
Engineer A; NSPE Board of Ethical Review; opposing counsel
Used in context
Directly addresses the novel ethical question of whether an engineer who has served as expert witness for a party (ABC Manufacturing) and later against that same party (on behalf of a plaintiff) and then again for that party acts improperly — specifically whether such sequential, unrelated engagements constitute an appearance of impropriety or a legitimate exercise of independent professional judgment
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter
Text references
Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter
Several years later, Engineer A was again retained by ABC Manufacturing in a different patent litigation matter not related to either of the proceeding events
Several years later, Engineer A was retained by Attorney X who represented a plaintiff in product liability litigation against ABC Manufacturing in a matter not involving any aspect of the earlier patent litigation
opposing counsel questions Engineer A's previous relationship both in defense of and in litigation with ABC Manufacturing, implying that by providing those services, Engineer A was acting improperly
TTL
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case179:Sequential-Party-Representation-Ethics-Standard-ABC-Pattern a proeth:SequentialPartyRepresentationEthicsStandard,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Sequential-Party-Representation-Ethics-Standard-ABC-Pattern" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Resource" ;
proeth:confidence "0.82" ;
proeth:createdby "NSPE Board of Ethical Review (inferred from case analysis)" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "179" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:documenttitle "Sequential Party Representation Ethics Standard (derived from BER analysis)" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T06:50:17.642767+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "179" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T06:50:17.642767+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:resourceclass "Sequential Party Representation Ethics Standard" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter",
"Several years later, Engineer A was again retained by ABC Manufacturing in a different patent litigation matter not related to either of the proceeding events",
"Several years later, Engineer A was retained by Attorney X who represented a plaintiff in product liability litigation against ABC Manufacturing in a matter not involving any aspect of the earlier patent litigation",
"opposing counsel questions Engineer A's previous relationship both in defense of and in litigation with ABC Manufacturing, implying that by providing those services, Engineer A was acting improperly" ;
proeth:usedby "Engineer A; NSPE Board of Ethical Review; opposing counsel" ;
proeth:usedincontext "Directly addresses the novel ethical question of whether an engineer who has served as expert witness for a party (ABC Manufacturing) and later against that same party (on behalf of a plaintiff) and then again for that party acts improperly — specifically whether such sequential, unrelated engagements constitute an appearance of impropriety or a legitimate exercise of independent professional judgment" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 179 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:10:12.470632"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 179 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
179
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T06:50:17.642767+00:00
First case
179
Generated
2026-03-01T06:50:17.642767+00:00
Attributed to
Case 179 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:10:12.470632
Generated by
ProEthica Case 179 Extraction