Jean v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

CUTRER, Judge.

The plaintiff, Edgar Jean, instituted suit against his underinsured motorist carrier, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, contending that he was involved in a collision with a “hit and run” vehicle on Interstate Highway 10 in Calcasieu Parish on the evening of July 4/5, 1982. The trial court rendered judgment against the plaintiff, finding that the plaintiff had failed to meet his burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that his automobile came into physical contact with a hit and run automobile. From that judgment plaintiff perfects this appeal.

The sole…