Engineer T Contested Error Characterization
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/9#Engineer_T_Contested_Error_Characterization
Properties
Instance of
ContestedErrorCharacterizationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ContestedErrorCharacterizationState
Active period
From Engineer T's post-accident site visit through deposition and ongoing legal proceedings
Affected parties
Engineer B
Engineer T
Injured construction worker
XYZ Consulting Engineers
XYZ's attorneys
XYZ's insurer
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer T's professional determination of whether failure to explore alternative designs constitutes an error
Terminated by
Not yet terminated; legal process ongoing
Triggering event
Engineer T's personal conclusion that a design error was made, followed by Engineer B's contrary conclusion, followed by legal proceedings
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer T expressed a belief that a design error – i.e., not exploring alternative, safer design concepts – had been made and the NSPE Code of Ethics required that the error be acknowledged
Text references
Both Engineer T and Engineer B decided that the situation did not merit acknowledgement of 'an error'
Engineer B responded that Engineer T and XYZ Consulting Engineers had responded professionally to the design project
Engineer T expressed a belief that a design error – i.e., not exploring alternative, safer design concepts – had been made and the NSPE Code of Ethics required that the error be acknowledged
The attorneys indicated that the legal process would determine whether, based on the facts, an error had been made, and that Engineer T should clearly report the facts, but should not voluntarily characterize the design work as an error
TTL
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case9:Engineer_T_Contested_Error_Characterization a proeth:ContestedErrorCharacterizationState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer T Contested Error Characterization" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Engineer T's post-accident site visit through deposition and ongoing legal proceedings" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Engineer B",
"Engineer T",
"Injured construction worker",
"XYZ Consulting Engineers",
"XYZ's attorneys",
"XYZ's insurer" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "9" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "9" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer T expressed a belief that a design error – i.e., not exploring alternative, safer design concepts – had been made and the NSPE Code of Ethics required that the error be acknowledged" ;
proeth:stateclass "Contested Error Characterization State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer T's professional determination of whether failure to explore alternative designs constitutes an error" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Not yet terminated; legal process ongoing" ;
proeth:textreferences "Both Engineer T and Engineer B decided that the situation did not merit acknowledgement of 'an error'",
"Engineer B responded that Engineer T and XYZ Consulting Engineers had responded professionally to the design project",
"Engineer T expressed a belief that a design error – i.e., not exploring alternative, safer design concepts – had been made and the NSPE Code of Ethics required that the error be acknowledged",
"The attorneys indicated that the legal process would determine whether, based on the facts, an error had been made, and that Engineer T should clearly report the facts, but should not voluntarily characterize the design work as an error" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer T's personal conclusion that a design error was made, followed by Engineer B's contrary conclusion, followed by legal proceedings" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 9 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-24T22:41:24.551949"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 9 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
9
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00
First case
9
Generated
2026-02-24T22:30:58.950003+00:00
Attributed to
Case 9 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-24T22:41:24.551949
Generated by
ProEthica Case 9 Extraction