Engineer A Standards Chair Disclosure
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/60#Engineer_A_Standards_Chair_Disclosure
Properties
Instance of
ExpertWitnessRoleConflictDisclosure
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ExpertWitnessRoleConflictDisclosure
Applied to
Expert witness engagement in boiler explosion litigation
Balancing with
Loyalty
Objectivity
Concrete expression
Engineer A, as chair of a boiler code standards and safety committee, was obligated to disclose that role and Engineer B's subcommittee membership to retaining defense counsel before serving as an expert witness in the boiler explosion case.
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Interpretation
A standards committee chairmanship and a supervisory relationship over the opposing expert are circumstances that a reasonable attorney would consider material to assessing independence, triggering mandatory disclosure.
Invoked by
Engineer A Standards Chair Expert Witness
Tension resolution
The BER found no disqualifying conflict but required full disclosure of the committee role and the relationship with Engineer B, and prohibited ex parte communications with Engineer B.
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise [Defendant's attorney] that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee.
Text references
Engineer A also has an obligation to not engage in any written or verbal exchanges with Engineer B regarding the pending litigation without direction from legal counsel
Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise [Defendant's attorney] that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee
TTL
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case60:Engineer_A_Standards_Chair_Disclosure a proeth:ExpertWitnessRoleConflictDisclosure,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Standards Chair Disclosure" ;
proeth:appliedto "Expert witness engagement in boiler explosion litigation" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Loyalty",
"Objectivity" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A, as chair of a boiler code standards and safety committee, was obligated to disclose that role and Engineer B's subcommittee membership to retaining defense counsel before serving as an expert witness in the boiler explosion case." ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "60" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-05-27T19:43:21.746484+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "60" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-05-27T19:43:21.746484+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "A standards committee chairmanship and a supervisory relationship over the opposing expert are circumstances that a reasonable attorney would consider material to assessing independence, triggering mandatory disclosure." ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Standards Chair Expert Witness" ;
proeth:principleclass "Expert Witness Role Conflict Disclosure" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise [Defendant's attorney] that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "The BER found no disqualifying conflict but required full disclosure of the committee role and the relationship with Engineer B, and prohibited ex parte communications with Engineer B." ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A also has an obligation to not engage in any written or verbal exchanges with Engineer B regarding the pending litigation without direction from legal counsel",
"Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise [Defendant's attorney] that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 60 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-05-27T20:10:55.272083"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 60 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
60
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-05-27T19:43:21.746484+00:00
First case
60
Generated
2026-05-27T19:43:21.746484+00:00
Attributed to
Case 60 Extraction
Generated
2026-05-27T20:10:55.272083
Attributed to
claude-sonnet-4-6
Generated by
ProEthica Case 60 Extraction