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Match each fact to a custodian

List each record category and its likely custodian. A responding agency may hold an incident or crash report; a medical provider may hold treatment records; an employer may hold work-related records; an insurer may hold claim communications; and a business or property operator may hold surveillance, inspection, maintenance, or incident materials. The correct holder depends on the facts, so avoid assuming that one organization has the complete file.

• Incident or crash reports and related data sources.
• Emergency, hospital, clinic, therapy, pharmacy, and billing records.
• Employer reports, schedules, wage information, and workers’ compensation materials.
• Insurance claim numbers, letters, recorded statements, photographs, and estimates.
• Surveillance, photographs, inspection, maintenance, or product records.

Flag public-entity involvement

If a public entity may be involved, Texas Government Code and related Texas Tort Claims Act materials are identified in Chapter 101. That source identifies the public-entity liability chapter only; it does not resolve whether a particular entity, event, or claim fits within it.

Make the file searchable

Save every letter, email, text, portal message, estimate, photograph, and claim reference. Record when a communication arrived, who sent it, and what response was requested. Keep a separate personal note of conversations, including the date and participants. Read requests carefully before responding, and avoid guessing when you do not know an answer.

• Use one folder for each insurer or claim.
• Keep originals and a working copy of documents.
• Record deadlines or requested responses without assuming their legal effect.
• Do not delete messages after forwarding or printing them.
• Preserve communications with employers, providers, witnesses, and involved businesses.

Do not rely on general timing or responsibility assumptions

The Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code identifies Chapter 16 as the official limitations chapter and Chapter 33 as the official proportionate-responsibility chapter. Those source identifications do not provide a filing deadline, percentages, thresholds, or an outcome. A case-specific review is needed before relying on any general assumption.

Turn uncertainty into questions

Bring the timeline, evidence inventory, record-holder map, treatment file, work documentation, and communication log together. Then identify what remains unknown. A useful review focuses on the facts that could change the analysis rather than on broad conclusions formed before the records are complete.

• What is the clearest evidence of the event sequence?
• Which records have been requested, received, or not yet located?
• Are the injury description and treatment timeline consistent?
• Who communicated with an insurer, employer, provider, or public entity?
• Which facts are disputed, incomplete, or based only on assumptions?

Keep the analysis fact-specific

The official Texas sources identified for limitations and proportionate responsibility should be treated as starting points for subject identification, not as a substitute for applying law to a specific record. Keep the review focused on the actual event, documents, and people involved.