I have a new book: Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

Posted: June 6, 2019 | Author: | Filed under: Colorado River & the Grand Canyon, Editorial, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon River Guides Association (GCRGA), James H. Moss, National Park Service (NPS), Paddlesports, Whitewater Rafting | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

https://rec-law.us/GrandCanyon

Waiting to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, the greatest river trip in the world?

This new book, Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters, will help make your once in a lifetime trip work.

The Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most awe-inspiring places on earth. Rafting and kayaking down the river is the water trip of a lifetime. Whether you are trying to get a permit or have already one a permit, this new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

You want this once in a lifetime experience to be everything you have heard and dreamed about for years. Boating the Grand Canyon Will help make those dreams come true.

25 years of working on commercial trips in the Grand Canyon and private trips, or as the Park Service calls them non-commercial river trips, has helped me gather the best from both worlds. On top of that I’ve worked river trips for dozens of companies all over the east and west. Twenty-Five years rafting in the West, 1000’s of river days and dozens of commercial and private trips have given me the opportunity to pick the best of all works to write this book and make your trip special.

This new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

This book will

  • Plan on getting your trip together
  • Pick the perfect friends to go down the river with you.
  • Help you understand the equipment to take or that you renting from an outfitter
  • Know what gear you need to bring with you to make the trip easier and better
  • Give you more time to enjoy the Grand Canyon
  • Save you time
  • Save you money
  • Show you all of the options you have in planning and running your trip
  • Help you transfer your river trip skills to a Grand Canyon trip

Boating the Grand Canyon explains the Non-Commercial River Trip regulations and why and how the Grand Canyon National Park River Rangers enforce the rules. By knowing and understanding the reasoning for the rules you will have a better experience with National Park Service Rangers.

This book is full of:

  • Ideas on how to plan and what not to plan for your private river trip.
  • How to decide what meals will work for your group and trip
  • Ideas on how to organize
    • Your trip
    • Your kitchen crews
    • Your menu
    • Your menu based on your schedule
    • Your boat
  • How to Quickly rig in the morning
  • How to easily de-rig in the evening
  • How to plan, in advance

12 Chapters of ideas, time savers, equipment and gear to bring and not to bring. The best way to organize your trip and the best way to keep everyone happy. 150 pages of tips, tricks and ideas to keep you enjoying the trip and not worrying about it. Two chapters on resources, links and terminology to help you become the professional Grand Canyon private boater.

  1. You want to run the Grand Canyon.
  2. Planning your trip: Organizing Your People
  3. What to Take Down the River: Stuff
  4. Food and Pre-Trip Food Preparation
  5. Things to do before you Start Your Trip
  6. Ideas on Packing and Rigging
  7. On the River
  8. Special days on the River
  9. Getting to the End of your trip
  10. Hints Tips & Tricks
  11. River Etiquette
  12. Books, Websites & References
  13. Appendix
  14. Glossary: Grand Canyon Terms & Terminology

Whitewater rafting and kayaking the legendary rapids, Horn, Granite, Crystal and Lava are what your dreams concentrate on, are you good enough, can I do it, how much fun am I going to have? This book will show you how to load your boats, and deal with the issues so running the rapids is not the keep you up all night worrying issue it might be.

The Colorado River has so much more to offer than just fantastic Whitewater. Views that are only available on a river trip such as Vasey’s Paradise, Red Wall Cavern, Elves Chasm and Deer Creek Falls are just a few.

No matter if you follow this book to the letter, or you glance through it for some new ideas, Boating the Grand Canyon will help you enjoy the Canyon, watch it change the lives of the people you are floating downriver with and marvel at what it did to you when you get home.

The Grand Canyon will change your life! This book, Boating the Grand Canyon will give you more Time to Enjoy the Adventure.

Summit Magic Publishing, LLC

Jim Moss

I have a new book: Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

Posted: May 28, 2019 | Author: | Filed under: Colorado River & the Grand Canyon, Editorial, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon River Guides Association (GCRGA), James H. Moss, National Park Service (NPS), Paddlesports, Whitewater Rafting | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

https://rec-law.us/GrandCanyon

Waiting to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, the greatest river trip in the world?

This new book, Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters, will help make your once in a lifetime trip work.

The Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most awe-inspiring places on earth. Rafting and kayaking down the river is the water trip of a lifetime. Whether you are trying to get a permit or have already one a permit, this new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

You want this once in a lifetime experience to be everything you have heard and dreamed about for years. Boating the Grand Canyon Will help make those dreams come true.

25 years of working on commercial trips in the Grand Canyon and private trips, or as the Park Service calls them non-commercial river trips, has helped me gather the best from both worlds. On top of that I’ve worked river trips for dozens of companies all over the east and west. Twenty-Five years rafting in the West, 1000’s of river days and dozens of commercial and private trips have given me the opportunity to pick the best of all works to write this book and make your trip special.

This new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

This book will

  • Plan on getting your trip together
  • Pick the perfect friends to go down the river with you.
  • Help you understand the equipment to take or that you renting from an outfitter
  • Know what gear you need to bring with you to make the trip easier and better
  • Give you more time to enjoy the Grand Canyon
  • Save you time
  • Save you money
  • Show you all of the options you have in planning and running your trip
  • Help you transfer your river trip skills to a Grand Canyon trip

Boating the Grand Canyon explains the Non-Commercial River Trip regulations and why and how the Grand Canyon National Park River Rangers enforce the rules. By knowing and understanding the reasoning for the rules you will have a better experience with National Park Service Rangers.

This book is full of:

  • Ideas on how to plan and what not to plan for your private river trip.
  • How to decide what meals will work for your group and trip
  • Ideas on how to organize
    • Your trip
    • Your kitchen crews
    • Your menu
    • Your menu based on your schedule
    • Your boat
  • How to Quickly rig in the morning
  • How to easily de-rig in the evening
  • How to plan, in advance

12 Chapters of ideas, time savers, equipment and gear to bring and not to bring. The best way to organize your trip and the best way to keep everyone happy. 150 pages of tips, tricks and ideas to keep you enjoying the trip and not worrying about it. Two chapters on resources, links and terminology to help you become the professional Grand Canyon private boater.

  1. You want to run the Grand Canyon.
  2. Planning your trip: Organizing Your People
  3. What to Take Down the River: Stuff
  4. Food and Pre-Trip Food Preparation
  5. Things to do before you Start Your Trip
  6. Ideas on Packing and Rigging
  7. On the River
  8. Special days on the River
  9. Getting to the End of your trip
  10. Hints Tips & Tricks
  11. River Etiquette
  12. Books, Websites & References
  13. Appendix
  14. Glossary: Grand Canyon Terms & Terminology

Whitewater rafting and kayaking the legendary rapids, Horn, Granite, Crystal and Lava are what your dreams concentrate on, are you good enough, can I do it, how much fun am I going to have? This book will show you how to load your boats, and deal with the issues so running the rapids is not the keep you up all night worrying issue it might be.

The Colorado River has so much more to offer than just fantastic Whitewater. Views that are only available on a river trip such as Vasey’s Paradise, Red Wall Cavern, Elves Chasm and Deer Creek Falls are just a few.

No matter if you follow this book to the letter, or you glance through it for some new ideas, Boating the Grand Canyon will help you enjoy the Canyon, watch it change the lives of the people you are floating downriver with and marvel at what it did to you when you get home.

The Grand Canyon will change your life! This book, Boating the Grand Canyon will give you more Time to Enjoy the Adventure.

Summit Magic Publishing, LLC

Jim Moss

I have a new book: Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

Posted: May 23, 2019 | Author: | Filed under: Colorado River & the Grand Canyon, Editorial, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon River Guides Association (GCRGA), James H. Moss, National Park Service (NPS), Paddlesports, Whitewater Rafting | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

https://rec-law.us/GrandCanyon

Waiting to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, the greatest river trip in the world?

This new book, Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters, will help make your once in a lifetime trip work.

The Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most awe-inspiring places on earth. Rafting and kayaking down the river is the water trip of a lifetime. Whether you are trying to get a permit or have already one a permit, this new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

You want this once in a lifetime experience to be everything you have heard and dreamed about for years. Boating the Grand Canyon Will help make those dreams come true.

25 years of working on commercial trips in the Grand Canyon and private trips, or as the Park Service calls them non-commercial river trips, has helped me gather the best from both worlds. On top of that I’ve worked river trips for dozens of companies all over the east and west. Twenty-Five years rafting in the West, 1000’s of river days and dozens of commercial and private trips have given me the opportunity to pick the best of all works to write this book and make your trip special.

This new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

This book will

  • Plan on getting your trip together
  • Pick the perfect friends to go down the river with you.
  • Help you understand the equipment to take or that you renting from an outfitter
  • Know what gear you need to bring with you to make the trip easier and better
  • Give you more time to enjoy the Grand Canyon
  • Save you time
  • Save you money
  • Show you all of the options you have in planning and running your trip
  • Help you transfer your river trip skills to a Grand Canyon trip

Boating the Grand Canyon explains the Non-Commercial River Trip regulations and why and how the Grand Canyon National Park River Rangers enforce the rules. By knowing and understanding the reasoning for the rules you will have a better experience with National Park Service Rangers.

This book is full of:

  • Ideas on how to plan and what not to plan for your private river trip.
  • How to decide what meals will work for your group and trip
  • Ideas on how to organize
    • Your trip
    • Your kitchen crews
    • Your menu
    • Your menu based on your schedule
    • Your boat
  • How to Quickly rig in the morning
  • How to easily de-rig in the evening
  • How to plan, in advance

12 Chapters of ideas, time savers, equipment and gear to bring and not to bring. The best way to organize your trip and the best way to keep everyone happy. 150 pages of tips, tricks and ideas to keep you enjoying the trip and not worrying about it. Two chapters on resources, links and terminology to help you become the professional Grand Canyon private boater.

  1. You want to run the Grand Canyon.
  2. Planning your trip: Organizing Your People
  3. What to Take Down the River: Stuff
  4. Food and Pre-Trip Food Preparation
  5. Things to do before you Start Your Trip
  6. Ideas on Packing and Rigging
  7. On the River
  8. Special days on the River
  9. Getting to the End of your trip
  10. Hints Tips & Tricks
  11. River Etiquette
  12. Books, Websites & References
  13. Appendix
  14. Glossary: Grand Canyon Terms & Terminology

Whitewater rafting and kayaking the legendary rapids, Horn, Granite, Crystal and Lava are what your dreams concentrate on, are you good enough, can I do it, how much fun am I going to have? This book will show you how to load your boats, and deal with the issues so running the rapids is not the keep you up all night worrying issue it might be.

The Colorado River has so much more to offer than just fantastic Whitewater. Views that are only available on a river trip such as Vasey’s Paradise, Red Wall Cavern, Elves Chasm and Deer Creek Falls are just a few.

No matter if you follow this book to the letter, or you glance through it for some new ideas, Boating the Grand Canyon will help you enjoy the Canyon, watch it change the lives of the people you are floating downriver with and marvel at what it did to you when you get home.

The Grand Canyon will change your life! This book, Boating the Grand Canyon will give you more Time to Enjoy the Adventure.

Summit Magic Publishing, LLC

Jim Moss

I have a new book: Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

Posted: May 16, 2019 | Author: | Filed under: Colorado River & the Grand Canyon, Editorial, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon River Guides Association (GCRGA), James H. Moss, National Park Service (NPS), Paddlesports, Whitewater Rafting | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

https://rec-law.us/GrandCanyon

Waiting to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, the greatest river trip in the world?

This new book, Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters, will help make your once in a lifetime trip work.

The Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most awe-inspiring places on earth. Rafting and kayaking down the river is the water trip of a lifetime. Whether you are trying to get a permit or have already one a permit, this new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

You want this once in a lifetime experience to be everything you have heard and dreamed about for years. Boating the Grand Canyon Will help make those dreams come true.

25 years of working on commercial trips in the Grand Canyon and private trips, or as the Park Service calls them non-commercial river trips, has helped me gather the best from both worlds. On top of that I’ve worked river trips for dozens of companies all over the east and west. Twenty-Five years rafting in the West, 1000’s of river days and dozens of commercial and private trips have given me the opportunity to pick the best of all works to write this book and make your trip special.

This new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

This book will

  • Plan on getting your trip together
  • Pick the perfect friends to go down the river with you.
  • Help you understand the equipment to take or that you renting from an outfitter
  • Know what gear you need to bring with you to make the trip easier and better
  • Give you more time to enjoy the Grand Canyon
  • Save you time
  • Save you money
  • Show you all of the options you have in planning and running your trip
  • Help you transfer your river trip skills to a Grand Canyon trip

Boating the Grand Canyon explains the Non-Commercial River Trip regulations and why and how the Grand Canyon National Park River Rangers enforce the rules. By knowing and understanding the reasoning for the rules you will have a better experience with National Park Service Rangers.

This book is full of:

  • Ideas on how to plan and what not to plan for your private river trip.
  • How to decide what meals will work for your group and trip
  • Ideas on how to organize
    • Your trip
    • Your kitchen crews
    • Your menu
    • Your menu based on your schedule
    • Your boat
  • How to Quickly rig in the morning
  • How to easily de-rig in the evening
  • How to plan, in advance

12 Chapters of ideas, time savers, equipment and gear to bring and not to bring. The best way to organize your trip and the best way to keep everyone happy. 150 pages of tips, tricks and ideas to keep you enjoying the trip and not worrying about it. Two chapters on resources, links and terminology to help you become the professional Grand Canyon private boater.

  1. You want to run the Grand Canyon.
  2. Planning your trip: Organizing Your People
  3. What to Take Down the River: Stuff
  4. Food and Pre-Trip Food Preparation
  5. Things to do before you Start Your Trip
  6. Ideas on Packing and Rigging
  7. On the River
  8. Special days on the River
  9. Getting to the End of your trip
  10. Hints Tips & Tricks
  11. River Etiquette
  12. Books, Websites & References
  13. Appendix
  14. Glossary: Grand Canyon Terms & Terminology

Whitewater rafting and kayaking the legendary rapids, Horn, Granite, Crystal and Lava are what your dreams concentrate on, are you good enough, can I do it, how much fun am I going to have? This book will show you how to load your boats, and deal with the issues so running the rapids is not the keep you up all night worrying issue it might be.

The Colorado River has so much more to offer than just fantastic Whitewater. Views that are only available on a river trip such as Vasey’s Paradise, Red Wall Cavern, Elves Chasm and Deer Creek Falls are just a few.

No matter if you follow this book to the letter, or you glance through it for some new ideas, Boating the Grand Canyon will help you enjoy the Canyon, watch it change the lives of the people you are floating downriver with and marvel at what it did to you when you get home.

The Grand Canyon will change your life! This book, Boating the Grand Canyon will give you more Time to Enjoy the Adventure.

Summit Magic Publishing, LLC

Jim Moss

I have a new book: Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

Posted: May 10, 2019 | Author: | Filed under: Colorado River & the Grand Canyon, Editorial, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon River Guides Association (GCRGA), James H. Moss, National Park Service (NPS), Paddlesports, Whitewater Rafting | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters

https://rec-law.us/GrandCanyon

Waiting to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, the greatest river trip in the world?

This new book, Boating the Grand Canyon: A “How To” for Private Boaters, will help make your once in a lifetime trip work.

The Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most awe-inspiring places on earth. Rafting and kayaking down the river is the water trip of a lifetime. Whether you are trying to get a permit or have already one a permit, this new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

You want this once in a lifetime experience to be everything you have heard and dreamed about for years. Boating the Grand Canyon Will help make those dreams come true.

25 years of working on commercial trips in the Grand Canyon and private trips, or as the Park Service calls them non-commercial river trips, has helped me gather the best from both worlds. On top of that I’ve worked river trips for dozens of companies all over the east and west. Twenty-Five years rafting in the West, 1000’s of river days and dozens of commercial and private trips have given me the opportunity to pick the best of all works to write this book and make your trip special.

This new book will instantly make planning your Grand Canyon River trip easier.

This book will

  • Plan on getting your trip together
  • Pick the perfect friends to go down the river with you.
  • Help you understand the equipment to take or that you renting from an outfitter
  • Know what gear you need to bring with you to make the trip easier and better
  • Give you more time to enjoy the Grand Canyon
  • Save you time
  • Save you money
  • Show you all of the options you have in planning and running your trip
  • Help you transfer your river trip skills to a Grand Canyon trip

Boating the Grand Canyon explains the Non-Commercial River Trip regulations and why and how the Grand Canyon National Park River Rangers enforce the rules. By knowing and understanding the reasoning for the rules you will have a better experience with National Park Service Rangers.

This book is full of:

  • Ideas on how to plan and what not to plan for your private river trip.
  • How to decide what meals will work for your group and trip
  • Ideas on how to organize
    • Your trip
    • Your kitchen crews
    • Your menu
    • Your menu based on your schedule
    • Your boat
  • How to Quickly rig in the morning
  • How to easily de-rig in the evening
  • How to plan, in advance

12 Chapters of ideas, time savers, equipment and gear to bring and not to bring. The best way to organize your trip and the best way to keep everyone happy. 150 pages of tips, tricks and ideas to keep you enjoying the trip and not worrying about it. Two chapters on resources, links and terminology to help you become the professional Grand Canyon private boater.

  1. You want to run the Grand Canyon.
  2. Planning your trip: Organizing Your People
  3. What to Take Down the River: Stuff
  4. Food and Pre-Trip Food Preparation
  5. Things to do before you Start Your Trip
  6. Ideas on Packing and Rigging
  7. On the River
  8. Special days on the River
  9. Getting to the End of your trip
  10. Hints Tips & Tricks
  11. River Etiquette
  12. Books, Websites & References
  13. Appendix
  14. Glossary: Grand Canyon Terms & Terminology

Whitewater rafting and kayaking the legendary rapids, Horn, Granite, Crystal and Lava are what your dreams concentrate on, are you good enough, can I do it, how much fun am I going to have? This book will show you how to load your boats, and deal with the issues so running the rapids is not the keep you up all night worrying issue it might be.

The Colorado River has so much more to offer than just fantastic Whitewater. Views that are only available on a river trip such as Vasey’s Paradise, Red Wall Cavern, Elves Chasm and Deer Creek Falls are just a few.

No matter if you follow this book to the letter, or you glance through it for some new ideas, Boating the Grand Canyon will help you enjoy the Canyon, watch it change the lives of the people you are floating downriver with and marvel at what it did to you when you get home.

The Grand Canyon will change your life! This book, Boating the Grand Canyon will give you more Time to Enjoy the Adventure.

Summit Magic Publishing, LLC

Jim Moss

Do Releases Work? Should I be using a Release in my Business? Will my customers be upset if I make them sign a release?

Posted: April 30, 2019 | Author: | Filed under: Activity / Sport / Recreation, Adventure Travel, Associations & Tradeshows, Assumption of the Risk, Avalanche, Camping, Certification, Challenge or Ropes Course, Climbing, Climbing Wall, College Program, Commercial Outfitter, Contract, Cycling, Equine Activities (Horses, Donkeys, Mules) & Animals, Evidence, First Aid, Good Samaritan Statutes, Guide, Health Club, Indoor Recreation Center, Insurance, James H. Moss, Jurisdiction and Venue (Forum Selection), Land Owner, Marketing, Medical, Minors, Youth, Children, Mountain Biking, Mountaineering, Negligence, Paddlesports, Playground, Product Liability, Racing, Racing, Recreational Use Statute, Release (pre-injury contract not to sue), Retailers, Risk Management, Rivers and Waterways, Rock Climbing, Scuba Diving, Sea Kayaking, Search and Rescue (SAR), Ski Area, Ski Area Statutes, Skier v. Skier, Skiing / Snow Boarding, Skydiving, Paragliding, Hang gliding, Snow Tubing, Sports, Standards, Statutes, Summer Camp, Swimming, Triathlon, Volunteers, Whitewater Rafting, Why People Sue, Youth Camps, Zip Line | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

These and many other questions are answered in my book Outdoor Recreation Risk Management, Insurance and Law.

Releases, (or as some people incorrectly call them waivers) are a legal agreement that in advance of any possible injury identifies who will pay for what. Releases can and to stop lawsuits.

This book will explain releases and other defenses you can use to put yourself in a position to stop lawsuits and claims.

This book can help you understand why people sue and how you can and should deal with injured, angry or upset guests of your business.

This book is designed to help you rest easy about what you need to do and how to do it. More importantly, this book will make sure you keep your business afloat and moving forward.

You did not get into the outdoor recreation business to worry or spend nights staying awake. Get prepared and learn how and why so you can sleep and quit worrying.

                                              Table of Contents

Chapter 1    Outdoor Recreation Risk Management, Law, and Insurance: An Overview

Chapter 2    U.S. Legal System and Legal Research

Chapter 3    Risk 25

Chapter 4    Risk, Accidents, and Litigation: Why People Sue

Chapter 5    Law 57

Chapter 6    Statutes that Affect Outdoor Recreation

Chapter 7    Pre-injury Contracts to Prevent Litigation: Releases

Chapter 8    Defenses to Claims

Chapter 9    Minors

Chapter 10    Skiing and Ski Areas

Chapter 11    Other Commercial Recreational Activities

Chapter 12    Water Sports, Paddlesports, and water-based activities

Chapter 13    Rental Programs

Chapter 14    Insurance

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Artwork by Don Long donaldoelong@earthlink.net

 

New Book Aids Both CEOs and Students

Posted: April 25, 2019 | Author: | Filed under: Adventure Travel, Assumption of the Risk, Camping, Case Analysis, Challenge or Ropes Course, Climbing, Climbing Wall, Contract, Cycling, Equine Activities (Horses, Donkeys, Mules) & Animals, First Aid, Good Samaritan Statutes, Insurance, James H. Moss, Jurisdiction and Venue (Forum Selection), Legal Case, Medical, Mountain Biking, Mountaineering, Negligence, Paddlesports, Recreational Use Statute, Release (pre-injury contract not to sue), Risk Management, Rivers and Waterways, Rock Climbing, Sea Kayaking, Ski Area, Ski Area Statutes, Skiing / Snow Boarding, Skydiving, Paragliding, Hang gliding, Swimming, Whitewater Rafting, Zip Line | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“Outdoor Recreation Insurance, Risk Management, and Law” is a definitive guide to preventing and overcoming legal issues in the outdoor recreation industry

Denver based James H. Moss, JD, an attorney who specializes in the legal issues of outdoor recreation and adventure travel companies, guides, outfitters, and manufacturers, has written a comprehensive legal guidebook titled, “Outdoor Recreation Insurance, Risk Management, and Law”. Sagamore Publishing, a well-known Illinois-based educational publisher, distributes the book.

Mr. Moss, who applied his 30 years of experience with the legal, insurance, and risk management issues of the outdoor industry, wrote the book in order to fill a void.

“There was nothing out there that looked at case law and applied it to legal problems in outdoor recreation,” Moss explained. “The goal of this book is to provide sound advice based on past law and experience.”

The Reference book is sold via the Summit Magic Publishing, LLC.

While written as a college-level textbook, the guide also serves as a legal primer for executives, managers, and business owners in the field of outdoor recreation. It discusses how to tackle, prevent, and overcome legal issues in all areas of the industry.

The book is organized into 14 chapters that are easily accessed as standalone topics, or read through comprehensively. Specific topics include rental programs, statues that affect outdoor recreation, skiing and ski areas, and defenses to claims. Mr. Moss also incorporated listings of legal definitions, cases, and statutes, making the book easy for laypeople to understand.

PURCHASE

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Cases

Introduction

Outdoor Recreation Law and Insurance: Overview

Risk

    Risk

        Perception versus Actual Risk

        Risk v. Reward

        Risk Evaluation

    Risk Management Strategies

        Humans & Risk

        Risk = Accidents

        Accidents may/may not lead to litigation

    How Do You Deal with Risk?

    How Does Acceptance of Risk Convert to Litigation?

    Negative Feelings against the Business

Risk, Accidents & Litigation

        No Real Acceptance of the Risk

        No Money to Pay Injury Bills

        No Health Insurance

        Insurance Company Subrogation

        Negative Feelings

Litigation

    Dealing with Different People

    Dealing with Victims

        Develop a Friend & Eliminate a Lawsuit

        Don’t Compound Minor Problems into Major Lawsuits

    Emergency Medical Services

    Additional Causes of Lawsuits in Outdoor Recreation

        Employees

        How Do You Handle A Victim?

        Dealing with Different People

        Dealing with Victims

Legal System in the United States

    Courts

        State Court System

        Federal Court System

        Other Court Systems

    Laws

    Statutes

    Parties to a Lawsuit

    Attorneys

    Trials

Law

    Torts

        Negligence

            Duty

            Breach of the Duty

            Injury

            Proximate Causation

            Damages

        Determination of Duty Owed

        Duty of an Outfitter

        Duty of a Guide

        Duty of Livery Owner

        Duty of Rental Agent

        Duty of Volunteer Youth Leader

        In Loco Parentis

    Intentional Torts

    Gross Negligence

    Willful & Wanton Negligence

    Intentional Negligence

    Negligence Per Se

    Strict Liability

    Attractive Nuisance

    Results of Acts That Are More than Ordinary Negligence

    Product Liability

    Contracts

        Breach of Contract

        Breach of Warranty

        Express Warranty

        Implied Warranty

            Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose

            Warranty of Merchantability

            Warranty of Statute

    Detrimental Reliance

    Unjust Enrichment

    Liquor Liability

    Food Service Liability

    Damages

        Compensatory Damages

        Special Damages

        Punitive Damages

Statutory Defenses

    Skier Safety Acts

    Whitewater Guides & Outfitters

    Equine Liability Acts

 

Legal Defenses

    Assumption of Risk

        Express Assumption of Risk

        Implied Assumption of Risk

        Primary Assumption of Risk

        Secondary Assumption of Risk

    Contributory Negligence

    Assumption of Risk & Minors

    Inherent Dangers

    Assumption of Risk Documents.

        Assumption of Risk as a Defense.

        Statutory Assumption of Risk

        Express Assumption of Risk

    Contributory Negligence

    Joint and Several Liability

Release, Waivers & Contracts Not to Sue

    Why do you need them

    Exculpatory Agreements

        Releases

        Waivers

        Covenants Not to sue

    Who should be covered

    What should be included

        Negligence Clause

        Jurisdiction & Venue Clause

        Assumption of Risk

        Other Clauses

        Indemnification

            Hold Harmless Agreement

        Liquidated Damages

        Previous Experience

        Misc

            Photography release

            Video Disclaimer

            Drug and/or Alcohol clause

            Medical Transportation & Release

                HIPAA

        Problem Areas

    What the Courts do not want to see

Statute of Limitations

        Minors

        Adults

Defenses Myths

    Agreements to Participate

    Parental Consent Agreements

    Informed Consent Agreements

    Certification

    Accreditation

    Standards, Guidelines & Protocols

    License

Specific Occupational Risks

    Personal Liability of Instructors, Teachers & Educators

        College & University Issues

    Animal Operations, Packers

        Equine Activities

    Canoe Livery Operations

        Tube rentals

Downhill Skiing

Ski Rental Programs

Indoor Climbing Walls

Instructional Programs

Mountaineering

Retail Rental Programs

Rock Climbing

Tubing Hills

Whitewater Rafting

Risk Management Plan

    Introduction for Risk Management Plans

    What Is A Risk Management Plan?

    What should be in a Risk Management Plan

    Risk Management Plan Template

    Ideas on Developing a Risk Management Plan

    Preparing your Business for Unknown Disasters

    Building Fire & Evacuation

Dealing with an Emergency

 

Insurance

    Theory of Insurance

    Insurance Companies

    Deductibles

    Self-Insured Retention

    Personal v. Commercial Policies

    Types of Policies

        Automobile

            Comprehension

            Collision

            Bodily Injury

            Property Damage

            Uninsured Motorist

            Personal Injury Protection

            Non-Owned Automobile

            Hired Car

    Fire Policy

        Coverage

        Liability

        Named Peril v. All Risk

    Commercial Policies

    Underwriting

    Exclusions

    Special Endorsements

    Rescue Reimbursement

    Policy Procedures

    Coverage’s

    Agents

    Brokers

        General Agents

        Captive Agents

    Types of Policies

        Claims Made

        Occurrence

    Claims

    Federal and State Government Insurance Requirements

Bibliography

Index

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