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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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Sea Kayaking Scoop Rescue

The Scoop Rescue is a paddler assisted rescue that's particular effective for someone who is injured...
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Show Me How: Sea Kayaking in the Surf

Learn sea kayaking, paddling and safety skills from Peter Casson of Eastern Mountain Sports, EMS from...
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How to use a River Rescue Life Jacket

Learn how to use a kayak river rescue life jacket in this free how to video about kayak river rescues...
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How to Rescue a Kayak in Vertical pin

This video shows one technique to save a pined kayaker. How to rescue a white water kayak in a Vertical...
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The dangers of Low Head Dams

This video by Tom Lindblade has been viewed 100K times on Google Video, and is re-posted here. Low head...
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