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Track requests and responses

List each organization or person likely to hold a relevant record, what the record may show, and how to request or preserve it. For a roadway crash, TxDOT provides official starting points for crash reports and crash-data resources; that does not establish that TxDOT investigated a particular scene. For a boating event, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department identifies the official subject of boating accident duties and reports. For an injured-worker issue, the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation identifies resources concerning claims, coverage, and employer records.

• Crash-report or crash-data starting points: Texas Department of Transportation.
• Boating accident duties and reports: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
• Injured-worker claims, coverage, and employer records: Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation.
• Medical, employment, insurer, property, and witness records: identify the specific holder and preserve contact information.

Record-holder map: point 2

Keep a log of the request date, recipient, materials requested, response, and any stated limitation. Do not assume that one agency or organization holds every record connected with an event.

Flag issues for legal review

Save every letter, email, text, portal message, estimate, recorded-call request, and payment document from an insurer or other involved party. Note the sender, date, subject, and any requested response. Avoid deleting messages or relying on a phone conversation without making a dated note of what was said.

• Keep policies, claim numbers, adjuster correspondence, and supporting attachments together.
• Preserve photographs, repair estimates, receipts, and payment records.
• Identify whether a public entity, health-care provider, employer, or product is part of the dispute before assuming one framework applies.

Insurance and communication file: point 2

The Texas Legislature identifies Chapter 16 as the official Texas limitations chapter, Chapter 33 as the proportionate-responsibility chapter, and Chapter 101 as the Texas Tort Claims Act. These source labels do not by themselves determine a deadline, responsibility allocation, notice issue, or outcome. A case-specific review should address which rules, if any, apply.

Do not let the label replace the facts

Questions should identify uncertainty rather than assume an answer. Ask which facts need corroboration, which records are missing, who holds them, and whether communications changed the disputed account. Also ask whether the event involves a public entity, health-care provider, product, employer, or another setting with a distinct official source framework.

• What part of the timeline is supported by a record, and what part depends on witness recollection?
• Which person or organization holds the missing report, video, medical file, employment record, or communication?
• Does the dispute involve a public entity, health-care liability, products liability, or proportionate responsibility?
• What should be preserved now, and which unanswered question most affects the next step?

Case-specific review questions: point 2

Texas sources identify Chapters 16, 33, 74, 82, and 101 as official chapters addressing limitations, proportionate responsibility, health-care liability, products liability, and public-entity liability, respectively. Their presence in a source file does not resolve whether a chapter applies to a particular event. Review should remain tied to the actual timeline and records.