{"id":2014,"date":"2023-01-04T15:34:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poderjudicial.gob.do\/?p=34224"},"modified":"2023-01-04T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:34:39","slug":"the-scj-stipulates-that-extreme-sports-service-providers-must-take-measures-to-reduce-the-risk-of-adverse-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/2023\/01\/04\/scj-establece-los-prestadores-de-servicios-de-deportes-extremos-deben-tomar-medidas-para-reducir-eventualidades-nefastas\/","title":{"rendered":"The SCJ rules that extreme sports service providers must take measures to reduce the risk of serious incidents\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/poderjudicial.gob.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DSC061042-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/div>\n<p>The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) established the legal precedent that service providers offering extreme sports activities are liable for civil damages if they have not taken the necessary measures to reduce the risk of serious incidents that could occur during the practice of such sports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The established criterion is set forth in the judgment<strong> No. SCJ-PS-22-2217 <\/strong>dated July 29, 2022, regarding a claim for damages arising from a case involving the practice of the sport of <em>parasailing<\/em> or paravelism, which was marketed to them as a service or a tourist activity.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision, rendered by Judge Pilar Jim\u00e9nez Ortiz (presiding) and Judges Justiniano Montero Montero, Samuel Arias Arzeno, and Napole\u00f3n R. Est\u00e9vez Lavandier, acknowledges, upon analyzing the case, that although participants assume and acknowledge\u2014at least implicitly\u2014a higher level of risk than that associated with sports activities under less extreme circumstances, service providers are obligated to take the necessary measures to ensure that the activity is carried out as safely as possible.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is no less true that the entities and individuals that provide and assist in the provision of services related to the practice of sports in this category must necessarily carry out the work of supervising and ensuring the necessary and feasible conditions to reduce the risk of harmful incidents that might occur, an obligation that extends not only to the evaluation and maintenance of the equipment to be used, but also to the verification of the natural conditions under which the activity they provide can be carried out in the safest manner possible,\u201d explains the ruling.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To view the full ruling, click the following link:&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/poderjudicial.gob.do\/scj-establece-los-prestadores-de-servicios-de-deportes-extremos-deben-tomar-medidas-para-reducir-eventualidades-nefastas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) established the legal precedent that providers of extreme sports services who have not taken the necessary measures to mitigate risks are liable for civil damages\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11,9,10,12],"class_list":["post-2014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualidad","tag-consultores-legales","tag-firma-de-abogados-johann-newton-lopez","tag-noticias","tag-suprema-corte-de-justicia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jnlopez.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}