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Match the record source to the event

The type of event affects which records may exist. For a motor-vehicle event, Texas Department of Transportation materials provide a statewide starting point for crash reports and crash data; they do not establish that TxDOT investigated or controlled a particular scene. For a boating event, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department materials address the official subject of boating accident duties and reports. Other possible evidence may concern a product, an employer or workers’ compensation matter, or health-care treatment. The correct record path depends on the facts.

• Identify the date, approximate time, location, people involved, vehicles, equipment, property, and immediate witnesses.
• Preserve photographs or video of the scene, visible conditions, damage, warnings, clothing, equipment, and changes made afterward.
• Keep communications with insurers, employers, property owners, manufacturers, health-care providers, and other participants without editing the original messages.
• Ask what records may exist before assuming that one agency or one report contains the full account.

Connect treatment to daily function

Organize records in time order. Begin with emergency care and diagnostic material, then add hospital treatment, procedures, medication changes, follow-up visits, rehabilitation, therapy observations, and current care. Pair clinical records with practical evidence showing what the person could do before the event, what changed afterward, and what assistance or equipment is now needed.

• Medical and rehabilitation records, treatment plans, therapy notes, medication lists, and appointment calendars.
• Equipment prescriptions, invoices, maintenance records, accessibility changes, transportation needs, and caregiver schedules.
• A dated symptom and limitation journal identifying mobility, communication, cognition, self-care, sleep, pain, and endurance changes.
• Statements or logs from family members, caregivers, therapists, teachers, supervisors, or others who observed functional changes.

Preserve the surrounding evidence

Keep original records where possible and label copies with the date, source, and subject. Avoid discarding devices, damaged property, packaging, photographs, or digital files that may relate to the event.

Preserve first, organize second, interpret carefully

Create one secure event folder and one medical-and-function folder. Write a short event summary while memories are fresh, then maintain a dated chronology. Save original digital files and record where each item came from. Request complete records from relevant holders rather than relying only on summaries. If a form, report, or communication is unclear, preserve it unchanged and note the question separately.

• Record the event date, location, participants, witnesses, and known record holders.
• Collect emergency, hospital, diagnostic, rehabilitation, therapy, medication, equipment, and care records.
• Document work duties, missed work, schedule changes, household tasks, accessibility changes, and assistance provided.
• Review the official Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code chapters relevant to the event without assuming that a general source answers the facts of the matter.
• Use the Texas Department of Transportation crash-report starting point or the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department boating-accident source only when the event fits that subject.