Expert Witness—Chair of Standards and Safety Committee Case No. 19-3 Facts: Engineer A is a professional engineer with e

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Expert Witness—Chair of Standards and Safety
Committee
Case No. 19-3
Facts: Engineer A is a professional engineer with expertise in
mechanical engineering who also serves as a forensic engineering
expert. Engineer A, who chairs a boiler code standards and safety
committee within an engineering society, has been requested by
Attorney X, a defense attorney, to conduct an investigation and
potentially serve as an expert witness on behalf of a boiler
manufacturer in connection with a personal injury case involving a
pressure vessel explosion. Engineer A learns that the forensic
engineering expert for the plaintiff, Engineer B, is a member of
one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards
and safety committee that Engineer A chairs.
Question: What are Engineer A’s ethical obligations
under the circumstances?