DP2
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http://proethica.org/ontology/case/71#DP2
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Decision Point Id
DP2
Decision Question
Before issuing adverse professional conclusions about another engineer's pile design in a litigation context, what fact-gathering obligations does the retained expert bear with respect to available on-site witnesses and primary records?
Focus
Engineer B issued adverse conclusions about the adequacy of 19 piles without consulting Engineer A's on-site representatives, the contractor's supervisors, or workers who were present during original pile installation and who possessed direct firsthand knowledge of the driving conditions Engineer B's theory addressed.
Option1
Contact Engineer A's on-site representatives and the contractor's supervisors and workers before finalizing the report, document their accounts of original pile driving conditions, and incorporate or address that testimony in the conclusions
Option2
Limit fact-gathering to the test pile program and the pile driving records provided by the municipality, on the basis that the adversarial litigation context makes direct contact with Engineer A's representatives legally and professionally inappropriate without coordinating through counsel
Option3
Disclose in the report that on-site representatives and construction workers were not consulted, identify the specific factual questions that consultation would have addressed, and qualify the adverse conclusions to reflect the evidentiary gap created by the absence of firsthand witness testimony
Role Label
Engineer B Available Evidence Consultation On-Site Representatives
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44b849d748765e0c...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
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2026-02-26T11:53:25.291400
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ProEthica Case 71 Extraction