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Match the record to the event

Begin with the underlying event. Preserve photographs, video, messages, witness information, incident reports, insurance communications, and any physical item connected to what happened. Record the date, approximate time, location as known, weather or visibility observations if documented, and the sequence of events without filling gaps with assumptions.

• For a motor-vehicle event, identify available crash-report or crash-data starting points through the Texas Department of Transportation; that resource does not establish that the agency investigated a particular scene.
• For a boating event, preserve materials relevant to the official Texas boating accident duties and reports subject.
• For a product-related event, preserve the product, packaging, instructions, purchase information, maintenance records, and photographs without assuming the product was legally defective.
• For an event involving a public entity, health-care provider, or workplace, identify the applicable official subject areas without assuming liability, procedural compliance, coverage, or an outcome.

Separate facts from conclusions

The responsible actor may be disputed. Keep separate what was observed, what a record says, and what someone later concluded. That separation helps preserve factual issues for review under the official Texas proportionate-responsibility chapter without predicting percentages, thresholds, or outcomes.

Use one dated chronology

Arrange records in date order. Start with the event and first response, then add emergency care, diagnostic work, procedures, hospital discharge, follow-up visits, therapy, rehabilitation, medication changes, assistive devices, and current care. Note gaps instead of guessing what occurred.

• Create a symptom and function log tied to dates, activities, assistance, mobility, communication, cognition, or other observed changes.
• Keep prescriptions, therapy plans, equipment orders, invoices, repair records, accessibility estimates, and instructions together.
• Document work changes through schedules, duties, attendance, leave, restrictions, accommodations, and communications.
• Document household changes through specific tasks that require assistance, altered routines, transportation needs, and care provided by others.
• Preserve originals and identify the source and date of each copy.

Describe function, not just diagnosis

Functional change is often clearer when described with concrete before-and-after examples. Record what the person could do before the event, what changed afterward, what support is currently used, and what clinicians or caregivers have documented. Avoid predicting future needs unless a qualified record addresses them.

A practical sequence

Preserve the event materials first, request and sort the medical and rehabilitation chronology, then document equipment, accessibility, work, and household changes. Make a short list of missing records and disputed facts. Bring the chronology, source list, photographs, communications, and questions for review rather than relying on memory alone.

• Write a neutral event summary and mark every uncertain detail.
• Create folders for event proof, medical care, rehabilitation, function, equipment, work, household effects, and communications.
• Ask each record holder for the specific date range and record category needed.
• Keep a running list of symptoms, care, assistance, and functional changes.
• Review the official Texas limitations chapter and any potentially relevant subject-specific chapter without assuming a deadline or legal conclusion.