DP5
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1500983f
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/60#DP5
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Parent
Decision Point Id
DP5
Decision Question
Does Attorney X bear shared ethical responsibility for the jurisdictional licensure problem, and how does that shared responsibility interact with Engineer A's independent obligation to verify and comply with State M's licensure statute?
Focus
Attorney X, as the retaining attorney, bore a shared but independent responsibility to verify Engineer A's licensure status under State M's expert witness statute before retaining Engineer A — and the allocation of that shared responsibility between attorney and engineer affects the ethical analysis of Engineer A's conduct without diminishing Engineer A's independent obligations.
Option1
Treat Engineer A's independent jurisdictional verification obligation as non-delegable and proceed on the basis that Attorney X's failure to verify does not mitigate Engineer A's own duty to investigate and comply with State M's licensure statute before accepting the engagement
Option2
Treat Attorney X's failure to disclose the State M licensure requirement as the primary cause of the jurisdictional problem, and characterize Engineer A's independent verification failure as a secondary and partially mitigated breach given reasonable reliance on retaining counsel's implicit representation that the engagement was permissible
Option3
Allocate primary responsibility for jurisdictional licensure verification to Attorney X as the party with superior knowledge of State M's procedural requirements, while recognizing Engineer A's obligation as triggered only upon actual discovery of the licensure requirement rather than as an independent pre-engagement duty
Role Label
Attorney X
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1500983fde1afc7a...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
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ProEthica Case 60 Extraction