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Match the records to the event

The evidence sequence changes with the event type. For a roadway event, preserve available crash-report and scene information as a starting point; TxDOT provides statewide crash-report and crash-data resources, but that resource does not establish that TxDOT investigated a particular scene. For a boating event, examine the applicable official boating accident duties and reports. For a workplace event, organize injured-worker claim, coverage, and employer records. A health-care event or product-related event calls for records tied to those subjects, without assuming that a provider or product was legally at fault.

• Roadway event: crash report, photographs, vehicle information, witness details, and scene documentation.
• Boating event: incident details, vessel information, reports, and available photographs or video.
• Workplace event: employer incident materials, job information, claim records, and coverage documents.
• Health-care or product event: chronological treatment materials, device or product identification, instructions, and preservation of the item or packaging when safe.

Use dates, sources, and observable changes

Use a dated timeline beginning before the event and continuing through current care. Record symptoms, diagnoses, spinal level, imaging, procedures, hospitalization, rehabilitation, mobility changes, equipment, complications, transportation, housing adaptations, and ongoing assistance. Preserve originals when possible and keep copies in a consistent folder structure.

• Event date and immediate symptoms or limitations.
• Imaging, surgical findings, neurological examinations, and hospital course.
• Rehabilitation milestones, assistive devices, wheelchair or other equipment, and repairs.
• Changes in bathing, dressing, transfers, driving, work, household tasks, and community access.
• Future appointments, supplies, transportation, home changes, and out-of-pocket expenses.

Separate records from conclusions

Functional documentation should distinguish what a person could do before the injury from what changed afterward. Statements from caregivers or household members can add context, while provider notes and invoices can document treatment and costs. Keep a separate list of unresolved questions rather than filling gaps with assumptions.

Preserve first, organize second, interpret carefully

Preserve photographs, messages, video, equipment, clothing, and other physical or digital evidence when safe. Request medical, rehabilitation, imaging, employment, equipment, and expense records. Write a short factual account while memories are fresh, identify witnesses, and note changes in mobility and daily tasks. Avoid altering original files; retain copies with dates and source information.

• Create an event folder and a medical chronology.
• List every provider, employer, insurer, witness, and equipment supplier.
• Keep an expense and transportation log.
• Record housing, care, work, and household changes with dates.
• Review the applicable official Texas subject areas before relying on a deadline or liability assumption.