Bashi

Defendant and respondent, Margie Marie Wodarz, was involved in a rear-end auto accident with a third party. According to the traffic collision report, respondent left the scene without stopping. A short time later, respondent was involved in a second automobile accident with the plaintiffs and appellants, Mubarak Bashi and Nasim Akhtar.

Respondent has little recollection of either event occurring. According to the traffic report, respondent engaged in some “bizarre” behavior before and after the collision with appellants. Under the heading of “Statement of Witnesses and Remarks” the traffic report contains the following remarks with respect to respondent’s statement: “. . . Somewhere, shortly after making the turn, she stated, T wigged out.’ She stated that all she could remember was ramming into the back of someone’s vehicle and then continuing east. She had no control of her actions at that time and then she remembered being involved in a second collision at an unknown location on White Lane. She also stated, ‘My family has a history of mental problems and I guess I just freaked out.’ ”

Appellants filed a complaint for negligence. At nonbinding arbitration,…