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
  • Wilderness Medicine

    What is Wilderness Medicine?

    How does one start a blog - prime the pump so to speak. How about with thoughts on a definition? Back in the day, only 30 or so years ago, many of us, and the practice of wilderness medicine, were in our youth. As I sat through a boring and not very practical...
  • GREENFIRE

    Industrial Strength Recreation? Greening Outdoor Education

    A few years ago, I attended the ICORE conference in Salt Lake City where I heard a presenter describe the dramatic increase in usage of wilderness areas in the U.S. as "Industrial Strength" recreation. At the time, there was an interesting debate...
  • Rick Curtis' Blog

    Unnecessary Death in the Desert

    On July 17, 2006 David Buschow died while on the first day of a 28-day wilderness survival course. What happened raises some critical questions about the way that all of us think about our responsibilities as outdoor educators....
Page 74 of 75 (224 items) «7172737475
Media Gallery - File List
Type Title Downloads Rating

More than a Mission Statement: Constructing a Logic Model to Guide Organizational Practice and Program Evaluation

PowerPoint presentation from this workshop which contains several resources for those interested in this...
Posted to: AEE NE Workshop Materals
by 25

Ken Whiting: The Back Deck Kayak Roll

Learn how to roll a white water kayak with renowned instructor Ken Whiting.Part of the Rolling with Ken...
Posted to: Paddling
by 107

Using the Black Diamond ATC Guide

Find out how to use the Black Diamond ATC Guide belay device to belay or lower one or two seconding climbers...
Posted to: Climbing & Mountaineering
by 11

The Global Snakebite Crisis: A Public Health Issue Misunderstood, Not Neglected

An article published in the Journal of Wilderness and Environmental Medicince by Ian D. Simpson, BSc...
Posted to: First Aid & Emergency Care
by 13

Princeton University Outdoor Action Sustainability Initiative

This video from the Communications Office at Princeton University follows backpacking and climbing group...
Posted to: Outdoor Education
by 46
Page 74 of 89 (444 items) «7273747576»
Wikis - Page List
    There are no pages in the wiki that match your current filter settings.