James H. (Jim) Moss, JD

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… Show more

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.”

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.
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Contributing author to the Risk Management Chapter.

Contents: legal liability, the Canadian legal system, forms of law (contract, tort, hospitality), Canadians carrying out business in the United States, defenses against litigation, the use of waivers, assumption of risk, indemnification documents, risk management, financing risk, controlling risk, insurance and the adventure industry, the risk management process, writing risk management plans, writing emergency response plans, emergency response protocols for guides, staff manuals, safety… Show more

Contents: legal liability, the Canadian legal system, forms of law (contract, tort, hospitality), Canadians carrying out business in the United States, defenses against litigation, the use of waivers, assumption of risk, indemnification documents, risk management, financing risk, controlling risk, insurance and the adventure industry, the risk management process, writing risk management plans, writing emergency response plans, emergency response protocols for guides, staff manuals, safety talks, perspectives on business risk, risk management for guides, ethics and professionalism, post-accident strategies, emergency situation management, with sidebars from numerous adventure experts. Show less

Easy to read guide for consumers and lawyers with maxims for dealing with each other.