Recreation Law Center

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.

Subscribe Now

Blog - Post List
Page 35 of 75 (224 items) «3334353637»
Media Gallery - File List
Type Title Downloads Rating

Crack Clinic: Offwidths

This short clip from Return2Sender from Sender Films illustrates different techniques for handling Offwidth...
Posted to: Climbing & Mountaineering
by 0

Legal Issues: A Legal Primer for Staff - Reb Gregg

Article from the 2006 Wilderness Risk Management Conference Proceedings by Reb Gregg from the Wilderness...
Posted to: Risk Management - Media Gallery
by 7

TED: Shimon Schocken's rides of hope

Computer science professor Shimon Schocken is also an avid mountain biker. To share the life lessons...
Posted to: Outdoor Education
by 167

Preventing Blisters

This video from Britain's leading outdoor retailer, Cotswold Outdoor covers how to prevent and treat...
Posted to: Backpacking & Hiking
by 388

A paddle for one armed use - adaptive paddling

Cindy Dillenschneider, professor of Outdoor Education at Northland College has developed a canoe paddle...
Posted to: Paddling
by 374
Page 35 of 89 (444 items) «3334353637»
Wikis - Page List
  • Botticelli

    One person thinks of a well-known character (living or dead, histori­cal or fictional, human or personified animal, etc.) and tells the group the first letter of...
    Not rated
  • Categories

    Categories A fun, interactive, introductory get-to-know-you activity for medium to large groups. Works best with large groups (min. is ~15). Useful for celebrating diversity...
    Not rated
Page 35 of 35 (172 items) «3132333435