BER 98-4 Engineer A Sequential Adverse Representation
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/75#BER_98-4_Engineer_A_Sequential_Adverse_Representation
Properties
Instance of
SequentialAdverseRepresentationinUnrelatedMattersState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SequentialAdverseRepresentationinUnrelatedMattersState
Active period
From Engineer A's second engagement (plaintiff adverse to ABC Manufacturing) through the cross-examination challenge at trial in the third engagement
Affected parties
ABC Manufacturing
Engineer A
Opposing counsel who raised the implication of impropriety
Plaintiff represented by Attorney X
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's sequential expert engagements for ABC Manufacturing and adverse plaintiff across unrelated patent and product liability matters
Terminated by
Board determination that the sequential representation did not constitute a prohibited conflict of interest under NSPE Code
Triggering event
Engineer A's acceptance of retention by Attorney X representing a plaintiff adverse to ABC Manufacturing in a product liability matter, following prior patent litigation work for ABC Manufacturing
Urgency level
medium
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 again retained by ABC Manufacturing in a different patent litigation matter not related to either of the preceding events
Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter
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 questioned 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
the Board noted that it does not believe the facts rose to the level of a conflict of interest prohibited by the NSPE Code
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER 98-4 Engineer A Sequential Adverse Representation" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Engineer A's second engagement (plaintiff adverse to ABC Manufacturing) through the cross-examination challenge at trial in the third engagement" ;
proeth:affectedparties "ABC Manufacturing",
"Engineer A",
"Opposing counsel who raised the implication of impropriety",
"Plaintiff represented by Attorney X" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "75" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T00:12:19.216728+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "75" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T00:12:19.216728+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
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:stateclass "Sequential Adverse Representation in Unrelated Matters State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's sequential expert engagements for ABC Manufacturing and adverse plaintiff across unrelated patent and product liability matters" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Board determination that the sequential representation did not constitute a prohibited conflict of interest under NSPE Code" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A was again retained by ABC Manufacturing in a different patent litigation matter not related to either of the preceding events",
"Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter",
"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 questioned 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",
"the Board noted that it does not believe the facts rose to the level of a conflict of interest prohibited by the NSPE Code" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer A's acceptance of retention by Attorney X representing a plaintiff adverse to ABC Manufacturing in a product liability matter, following prior patent litigation work for ABC Manufacturing" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 75 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T00:31:30.970618"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 75 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
75
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T00:12:19.216728+00:00
First case
75
Generated
2026-02-27T00:12:19.216728+00:00
Attributed to
Case 75 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T00:31:30.970618
Generated by
ProEthica Case 75 Extraction