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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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Albuquerque Academy - Field Manual

Field manual for experiential education programs from Albuquerque Academy.
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High Avalanche Danger in Lionhead

Scott Schmidt, avalanche forecaster at the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, describes unstable...
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Climbing Tools: The Monster Munter

The Monster Munter is a hitch that I learnt around 1990. It took awhile to get used to but in the end...
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What to do if you fall through the ice

An educational video from the Discovery Channel (Canada) that teaches you what to do if you fall through...
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