Competing Duties — Client Authority vs. Third-Party Protection
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Competing_Duties_—_Client_Authority_vs._Third-Party_Protection
Properties
Instance of
Active period
From Client B's direction to proceed without analysis through resolution
Affected parties
Client B
Engineer A
Regulatory authorities
Upstream homeowners
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's simultaneous obligations to serve Client B's project interests and to protect upstream homeowners from foreseeable harm
Terminated by
Resolution through analysis authorization, disclosure to regulators, or project withdrawal
Triggering event
Client B's direction to defer the risk analysis, placing Engineer A's faithful agent duty in direct conflict with the paramount obligation to protect public health, safety, and welfare
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities.
Text references
Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities.
It is Engineer A's judgment, based on hydraulic evaluation procedures presented at a recent transportation agency conference, that the proposed project may result in some upstream homes becoming uninhabitable a decade or more earlier than would otherwise be the case.
TTL
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"Engineer A",
"Regulatory authorities",
"Upstream homeowners" ;
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proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
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proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities." ;
proeth:stateclass "Competing Duties State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's simultaneous obligations to serve Client B's project interests and to protect upstream homeowners from foreseeable harm" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Resolution through analysis authorization, disclosure to regulators, or project withdrawal" ;
proeth:textreferences "Client B directs Engineer A to proceed without the costly analysis unless and until such an analysis is requested by the applicable regulatory authorities.",
"It is Engineer A's judgment, based on hydraulic evaluation procedures presented at a recent transportation agency conference, that the proposed project may result in some upstream homes becoming uninhabitable a decade or more earlier than would otherwise be the case." ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Client B's direction to defer the risk analysis, placing Engineer A's faithful agent duty in direct conflict with the paramount obligation to protect public health, safety, and welfare" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 88 Extraction" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
88
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T06:39:47.280651+00:00
First case
88
Generated
2026-02-27T06:39:47.280651+00:00
Attributed to
Case 88 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T10:32:26.861386
Generated by
ProEthica Case 88 Extraction