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Preserve what the scene looked like

Write the route in order: where you entered, where you walked, the precise point of contact, the direction of the fall, and what you observed before and after it. Describe whether the surface was wet, uneven, slippery, obstructed, damaged, or otherwise different from the surrounding area, without converting an observation into a legal conclusion.

• Photograph the surface, nearby edges, lighting, signs, mats, drains, transitions, and the wider approach when it is safe to do so.
• Record the date and approximate time, weather or indoor conditions you personally observed, footwear, and whether anyone cleaned, covered, moved, or marked the condition.
• Identify people who saw the condition, the fall, statements afterward, or the location’s appearance soon afterward.

Capture condition and notice evidence

Duration indicators can include residue, tracked material, drying or spreading patterns, repeated foot traffic, nearby cleaning materials, or statements about earlier observations. These details may be disputed, so preserve the exact wording of notes and witness accounts rather than summarizing them as conclusions.

Use a dated checklist

Preserve original files and create a dated event log. Start with the scene, then document reports, medical care, communications, and changes to the location. Keep copies of messages and note who supplied each document.

• Scene: photographs, video, footwear, clothing, diagrams, measurements you personally made, and the exact route.
• People: names and contact information for witnesses, employees, responders, and anyone who discussed the condition.
• Reporting: incident forms, emails, texts, online submissions, and the names or roles of people who received a report.
• Care: medical records, discharge instructions, appointment dates, restrictions, and a factual symptom timeline.
• Follow-up: requests or communications about photographs, surveillance, cleaning, inspection, repair, preservation, or insurance.

Protect original evidence

Avoid altering, enhancing, deleting, or selectively cropping original photographs or recordings. Store originals separately from working copies. If surveillance may exist, make a prompt written preservation request identifying the location, date, time range, camera approach, and fall path; keep proof of the request.

Bring organized, source-level details

Prepare a short chronology before discussing the event: location and route, exact surface, observed condition, warnings, footwear, witnesses, report, medical care, and later communications. Bring original photographs and a list of likely record holders. Ask that the discussion distinguish personal observations from information learned later.

• Write down the exact location rather than only the business or property name.
• Preserve any incident number, report, receipt, sign, or message tied to the event.
• List every person or organization that may have cleaned, inspected, maintained, monitored, occupied, or controlled the area.
• Do not discard footwear or clothing from the event if they may help document the circumstances.

Use official sources carefully

For Texas-law questions, the supplied official sources identify Chapter 16 on limitations and Chapter 33 on proportionate responsibility, but they do not authorize deadline calculations or predictions. The facts of the location, condition, notice evidence, control, and documentation sequence should be evaluated together.