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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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Back Deck Rodeo Roll Identifier

The Back Deck Rodeo roll used in play and siatuations is often misunderstood. Smooth, quick and safe...
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Hocus Pocus Focus Your Locus

Have you ever led a group, things seem to be progressing well and then suddenly, they are stuck and floundering...
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3 Reasons your Leadership Sucks! and how to improve it

3 Reasons Your Leadership Sucks! and how to improve it. Program Abstract ; With the idea of leadership...
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Program Management: Culture as Cause - Kurt Merrill

Article from the 2005 Wilderness Risk Management Conference Proceedings by Kurt Merrill from the Wilderness...
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