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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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Avalanche Safety: Identify 5 Red Flags

Watch Jim Conway, Lead Backcountry Forecaster, Teton Gravity Research Films demonstrate how to recognize...
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Avalanche Safety: Know Before You Go - Part 1

Check out this great two part Avalanche Safety Video from the Utah Avalanche Center. (see Part 2 )
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Avalanche Safety: Know Before You Go - Part 2

Check out this great two part Avalanche Safety Video from the Utah Avalanche Center. (see Part 1 )
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Avalanche Survival Strategies Part 1: Merging Theory and Practice to Increase Your Odds

Presentation by Theo Meiners, owner and lead guide for Alaska Rendezvous Heli-Ski Guides (www.arlinc...
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Avalanche Survival Strategies Part 2: Merging Theory and Practice to Increase Your Odds

Presentation by Theo Meiners, owner and lead guide for Alaska Rendezvous Heli-Ski Guides (www.arlinc...
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