Hit-and-run motor vehicle collisions are unique among personal-injury claims. If the hit-and-run driver is unknown, recovery cannot be made against that driver via settlement or suit. Even more troubling is a case where the driver is unknown and through some fluke has not made physical contact with the automobile of the injured party. Such cases often fall within the exclusions of applicable uninsured motorist policy coverage for hit-and-run cases.The case of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Benedetto, 2015 IL …