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Let the event determine the record set

Start with contemporaneous material that can preserve the sequence of events. Depending on the setting, that may include photographs or video, scene measurements, witness accounts, incident reports, communications, inspection or maintenance material, employment records, product information, or health-care records. Do not assume one record is complete; compare accounts and note conflicts.

• For a roadway event, TxDOT provides statewide starting points for crash reports, crash records, data, and statistics; its source does not establish that TxDOT investigated or controlled a particular scene.
• For a boating event, use the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s official material on boating accident duties and reports as a subject-specific starting point.
• For a work-related matter, Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation materials address injured-worker claims, coverage, and employer records.
• For a product or health-care setting, preserve the product history or treatment record and identify the applicable subject for further review.

Preserve original context

A useful event file records the source, date, custodian, and what the material appears to show. Keep original files when possible, avoid altering photographs or messages, and record when a document was obtained. If evidence may be overwritten or discarded, make a prompt preservation request that identifies the material narrowly and factually.

Use one chronology and separate folders

After the event file is assembled, create a dated chronology. Include the underlying event, emergency response, treatment, changes in condition, death-related records, funeral-service documents, and communications with record holders. Then add the practical changes experienced by the household.

• Medical: providers, dates, diagnoses or observations as recorded, procedures, medications, transfers, and bills.
• Work and financial: job title or duties, schedules, pay records, benefits information, tax or business records, and documented changes after the death.
• Service and household: recurring tasks, caregiving or transportation arrangements, household responsibilities, invoices, substitute services, and equipment or accessibility records when relevant.
• Communications: notices, claim correspondence, preservation requests, and responses, stored with dates and attachments.

Document change without conclusions

Describe functional and household changes concretely. A list of tasks, frequency, time spent, and who performed them is more useful for review than a broad statement that life changed. Keep supporting records and label estimates as estimates. This documentation step does not determine what may or may not be legally recoverable.

Preserve, collect, organize, review

Begin with preservation, not speculation. Write a neutral event summary, collect the records already available, and identify the people or organizations likely to hold additional material. Keep a dated request log and a separate list of questions for legal review.

• Secure photographs, video, messages, documents, physical items, and contact information without altering originals.
• Request medical and death-related records and organize them by date and provider.
• Gather work, financial, service, and household documentation that shows concrete changes after the death.
• Identify whether the event involved a roadway, boat, workplace, product, health-care provider, or public entity so the relevant official subject materials can be reviewed.
• Raise timing questions promptly; do not rely on an assumed deadline.

Use the location hierarchy carefully

For location context, see the pages for Texas, Lee County, Lexington, and Personal Injury. Related topic pages may help organize adjacent evidence questions, but each event requires its own facts and records.