Engineer A Faithful Agent Written Risk Notification Client B Tidal Crossing
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Written_Risk_Notification_Client_B_Tidal_Crossing
Properties
Instance of
FaithfulAgentWrittenRiskNotificationWithoutInvestigationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FaithfulAgentWrittenRiskNotificationWithoutInvestigationObligation
Case context
Engineer A identified a foreseeable risk to project success and third-party welfare from proceeding without the specialized hydraulic analysis, and Client B directed Engineer A to forgo that analysis.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.88
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to advise Client B in writing that proceeding without the specialized hydraulic analysis creates a foreseeable risk that the project will not be successful — specifically that the tidal crossing upgrade may accelerate uninhabitability of upstream homes and create regulatory and legal exposure — while recognizing that this notification duty does not extend to an obligation to conduct the specialized analysis without Client B's authorization.
Temporal scope
Upon receiving Client B's directive to forgo the specialized analysis
Relationships
competesWith
Engineer A Client Cost-Directive Safety Analysis Non-Subordination Tidal Crossing, Engineer A Climate-Adjusted Regulatory Gap Risk Disclosure Tidal Crossing, Engineer A Conditional Project Withdrawal After Client Refusal Tidal Crossing, Engineer A Non-Acquiescence Client B Safety Analysis Suppression, Engineer A Public Welfare Paramount Gray Area Climate Change Tidal Crossing, Engineer A Regulatory Authority Proactive Disclosure Upstream Flood Risk, Engineer A Third-Party Upstream Flood Risk Notification Twenty Homes
defeasibleUnder
Client Non-Compliance Insistence — Deferral of Safety Analysis, Competing Duties - Faithful Agent vs. Public Safety, Competing Duties — Client Authority vs. Third-Party Protection, Engineer A Conditional Withdrawal Obligation, Foreseeable Upstream Flood Harm - Tidal Crossing Upgrade, Public Safety at Risk - Upstream Residential Flood Hazard, Public Safety at Risk — Upstream Residential Flood Exposure
derivedFromPrinciple
Faithful Agent Notification Invoked By Engineer A Client B
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.
Engineer A proposes a complex and costly hydrologic and hydraulic analysis by a specialized subconsultant to predict the extent to which sea level rise and the increased hydraulic capacity of the tidal crossing will result in flood damage to a neighborhood of twenty upstream homes during future high tides and storm surges, anticipating this to be a difficult question to answer in the project's public hearings.
TTL
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case88:Engineer_A_Faithful_Agent_Written_Risk_Notification_Client_B_Tidal_Crossing a proeth:FaithfulAgentWrittenRiskNotificationWithoutInvestigationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Faithful Agent Written Risk Notification Client B Tidal Crossing" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case88:Engineer_A_Client_Cost-Directive_Safety_Analysis_Non-Subordination_Tidal_Crossing,
case88:Engineer_A_Climate-Adjusted_Regulatory_Gap_Risk_Disclosure_Tidal_Crossing,
case88:Engineer_A_Conditional_Project_Withdrawal_After_Client_Refusal_Tidal_Crossing,
case88:Engineer_A_Non-Acquiescence_Client_B_Safety_Analysis_Suppression,
case88:Engineer_A_Public_Welfare_Paramount_Gray_Area_Climate_Change_Tidal_Crossing,
case88:Engineer_A_Regulatory_Authority_Proactive_Disclosure_Upstream_Flood_Risk,
case88:Engineer_A_Third-Party_Upstream_Flood_Risk_Notification_Twenty_Homes ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Client_Non-Compliance_Insistence_—_Deferral_of_Safety_Analysis>,
case88:Competing_Duties_-_Faithful_Agent_vs._Public_Safety,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Competing_Duties_—_Client_Authority_vs._Third-Party_Protection>,
case88:Engineer_A_Conditional_Withdrawal_Obligation,
case88:Foreseeable_Upstream_Flood_Harm_-_Tidal_Crossing_Upgrade,
case88:Public_Safety_at_Risk_-_Upstream_Residential_Flood_Hazard,
<http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Public_Safety_at_Risk_—_Upstream_Residential_Flood_Exposure> ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A identified a foreseeable risk to project success and third-party welfare from proceeding without the specialized hydraulic analysis, and Client B directed Engineer A to forgo that analysis." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case88:Faithful_Agent_Notification_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Client_B ;
proeth:discoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-26T00:15:23.499283+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-26T00:15:23.499283+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Faithful Agent Written Risk Notification Without Investigation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to advise Client B in writing that proceeding without the specialized hydraulic analysis creates a foreseeable risk that the project will not be successful — specifically that the tidal crossing upgrade may accelerate uninhabitability of upstream homes and create regulatory and legal exposure — while recognizing that this notification duty does not extend to an obligation to conduct the specialized analysis without Client B's authorization." ;
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:temporalscope "Upon receiving Client B's directive to forgo the specialized analysis" ;
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.",
"Engineer A proposes a complex and costly hydrologic and hydraulic analysis by a specialized subconsultant to predict the extent to which sea level rise and the increased hydraulic capacity of the tidal crossing will result in flood damage to a neighborhood of twenty upstream homes during future high tides and storm surges, anticipating this to be a difficult question to answer in the project's public hearings." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 88 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-26T00:31:11.064535"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 88 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
88
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-26T00:15:23.499283+00:00
First case
88
Generated
2026-02-26T00:15:23.499283+00:00
Attributed to
Case 88 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-26T00:31:11.064535
Generated by
ProEthica Case 88 Extraction