State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Benedetto

Insured and his wife were riding motorcycle when unidentified, passing semi crossed over into his lane of travel. Insured swerved and avoided physical contact with semi, but was propelled off road by wind shear of passing semi, onto gravel shoulder and into ditch, where they were thrown from motorcycle and injured. Wind shear does not constitute physical contact under uninsured motorist provision of policy. To collect uninsured motorist coverage there must be actual physical contact with hit-and-run vehicle, or accident occurred as result of chain of events where hit-and-run vehicle struck intermediate vehicle. (PUCINSKI and HYMAN, concurring.)