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Latest Legal Case: Your Duty of Care—Where Does it Begin and End?

Duty of Care is the legal duty to protect another from harm. It is the first element that must be established to proceed with an action in negligence. When you bring a client into your program, you almost always establish some duty of care to that client. But where does this duty begin and where does it end? A recent sexual assault case in Maine where the assualt happened after the program explores this delicate legal issue and raises some critical questions for things that happen outside your program. Now that many programs are using social networking like Facebook pages, discussion forums, and Twitter as follow-up tools after a program, everyone should understand this legal issue. Reb Gregg and Catherine Hansen-Stamp, the legal authorities at the Adventure & Recreation Law Center, review the details of this Maine case. Subscribe now and gain access to the complete library of Legal Cases.

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  • GREENFIRE

    Final Thoughts from AORE

    Due to daylight savings, I am up before I need to be and thought I would post one last time before I head out of town... I am left with several impressions from this years AORE conference. 1. The growing "green" or environmental trend. The field...
  • GREENFIRE

    The Future of Outdoor Education- Report from AORE Day 3

    Today at AORE was action packed with great sessions and one of the best keynote speeches I have had the opportunity to hear at any conference. Bob Ratcliff, Division Chief for the BLM's National Recreation and Visitor Services Program, gave a compelling...
  • Outdoor Education General

    Simulations as a Leader Training Tool

    CHAPTER THREE - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OUTDOOR ACTION LEADER TRAINER MANUAL Simulations as a Leader Training Tool Abbreviations: LTT - Leader Training Trip LT - Leader Trainer (person who leads an LTT) LOD - Leaders of the day Frosh Trip - our wilderness...
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Lynn Hill and Katie Brown climb the West Face, Leaning Tower, Yosemite

In the summer of 2005 Lynn Hill and Katie Brown made the first female "free" ascent of the...
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Climbing Safety Video: Common Mistake = Broken Carabiner

After several reported accidents, Dan Middleton of the British Mountaineering Council teamed up with...
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Mountaineering: Height Doesn't Matter

Cutting-edge climbers have turned away from Everest and the 8,000-meter trophy peaks in search of virgin...
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Legal Issues: A Legal Primer for Staff - Reb Gregg

Article from the 2006 Wilderness Risk Management Conference Proceedings by Reb Gregg from the Wilderness...
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Medical Issues: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) in the Outdoor Industry - Deb Ajango

Article from the 2004 Wilderness Risk Management Conference Proceedings by Deb Ajango from the Wilderness...
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