DP4
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/71#DP4
Properties
Instance of
Decision Point Id
DP4
Decision question
Should Engineer B disclose contradictory evidence and scope limitations in the expert report, or withhold that information to protect the retaining party's litigation position?
Focus
Engineer B encountered contradictory evidence during the investigation, including data that undermined the retaining party's position, and also operated under scope limitations that were not disclosed in the report. The question is whether Engineer B must disclose both the contradictory evidence and the scope limitations to relevant parties, or whether non-disclosure is permissible given the litigation context and client confidentiality.
Option1
Include all contradictory data in the report and explicitly state the scope limitations under which the investigation was conducted, allowing the court and all parties to assess the findings with full information.
Option2
Present only the data supporting the retaining party's position and omit scope limitations, on the basis that the adversarial system assigns responsibility for surfacing contrary evidence to opposing counsel and competing experts.
Option3
Inform the retaining attorney of the contradictory evidence and scope limitations and defer to counsel's judgment on what must be disclosed under applicable legal and procedural rules, treating the disclosure question as a legal rather than purely ethical determination.
Role
Engineer
TTL
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case71:DP4 a proeth-cases:DecisionPoint,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "DP4" ;
proeth:decisionPointId "DP4" ;
proeth:decisionQuestion "Should Engineer B disclose contradictory evidence and scope limitations in the expert report, or withhold that information to protect the retaining party's litigation position?" ;
proeth:focus "Engineer B encountered contradictory evidence during the investigation, including data that undermined the retaining party's position, and also operated under scope limitations that were not disclosed in the report. The question is whether Engineer B must disclose both the contradictory evidence and the scope limitations to relevant parties, or whether non-disclosure is permissible given the litigation context and client confidentiality." ;
proeth:option1 "Include all contradictory data in the report and explicitly state the scope limitations under which the investigation was conducted, allowing the court and all parties to assess the findings with full information." ;
proeth:option2 "Present only the data supporting the retaining party's position and omit scope limitations, on the basis that the adversarial system assigns responsibility for surfacing contrary evidence to opposing counsel and competing experts." ;
proeth:option3 "Inform the retaining attorney of the contradictory evidence and scope limitations and defer to counsel's judgment on what must be disclosed under applicable legal and procedural rules, treating the disclosure question as a legal rather than purely ethical determination." ;
proeth:roleLabel "Engineer" ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "claude-sonnet-4-6" ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 71 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
Attributed to
claude-sonnet-4-6
Generated by
ProEthica Case 71 Extraction