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Questions that shape the file

Begin with a neutral timeline: what occurred, when symptoms appeared, who was present, what was said, and what happened afterward. Preserve photographs, video, damaged property, messages, emails, notes, and names of people who may have observed the event. Keep original files when possible and record where each item came from.

• Write down the date, approximate time, location, and sequence of events.
• Separate what you personally observed from what someone else told you.
• Preserve photographs, video, physical items, messages, and related correspondence.
• Avoid altering, deleting, or annotating original digital files.
• Note later changes in symptoms, treatment, work, transportation, household tasks, and routine.

Event and evidence map: point 2

The event type can determine which records and topic-specific questions deserve attention. The linked topic pages provide separate starting points for subjects such as car accidents, construction site injuries, burn injuries, catastrophic injury, and other injury events.

• Was the event transportation-related, workplace-related, product-related, water-related, or connected to health care?
• Were there witnesses, photographs, video, reports, or preserved physical evidence?
• Did another person, business, public entity, employer, health-care provider, or product become part of the factual record?

Compare records without overstating them

Keep a chronological treatment file with appointment dates, providers, instructions, prescriptions, referrals, imaging or testing references, bills, and notes about symptoms. Describe changes consistently and distinguish medical observations from personal recollection. The Texas health-care-liability chapter is an official source for that subject; it does not, by itself, answer the procedural questions in a particular matter.

• Maintain a treatment timeline and copies of records received.
• Track symptoms, restrictions, transportation, and missed or changed activities.
• Keep work schedules, wage statements, absence records, job-duty descriptions, and communications about restrictions.
• For an injured-worker issue, Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation provides official starting information about claims, coverage, and employer records.
• Do not discard receipts or records relating to treatment, travel, equipment, or changed routines.

Medical and work documentation: point 2

Review whether dates and descriptions are consistent across medical, work, and personal records. A discrepancy is a fact to investigate, not automatically proof of a claim or defense. Preserve explanations for gaps, delayed care, changed providers, or interrupted work rather than trying to rewrite the timeline.

A linked topic is not a case conclusion

Use the topic pages to narrow the next research path, while keeping the underlying event map and record index. Available guides include Amputation Injuries, Aviation Accidents, Bicycle Accidents, Birth Injuries, Boating and Jet Ski Accidents, Burn Injuries, Bus Accidents, Car Accidents, Catastrophic Injury, and Construction Site Injuries.

• Choose the event page when the mechanism of injury is the main disputed fact.
• Choose a condition page when the severity or long-term effect needs separate documentation.
• Review workplace material for an injured-worker issue through the official Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation subject.
• Review the official Texas chapters identified for public-entity, health-care, or products-liability subjects when those facts are present.
• Keep the topic selection tied to documented facts, not assumptions based on Wharton’s location.

Topic selection: point 2

A topic page is a way to organize questions and records. It does not establish that a particular person, business, product, provider, employer, or public entity is legally responsible.