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Finch v. Doe

The plaintiff was not required to show that both the owner and the driver of the hit-and-run vehicle were unknown in order to bring a "John Doe" action under Georgia's uninsured motorist statute.

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On February 14, 1997, Kenneth Finch was driving his car southbound on Interstate 85, pulling a trailer that had been manufactured by his employer. Traffic became congested, and Finch had to stop his car behind a truck. In his rearview mirror, Finch saw that an approaching sport utility vehicle was not slowing quickly enough to stop, and he braced himself for a collision. The SUV crashed into the trailer, which then hit Finch’s car. The impact pushed Finch’s car into the truck in front of him.

The driver of the SUV pulled around Finch’s car and left the accident scene. As the SUV drove away, Finch could not see its driver because the vehicle windows were tinted, but he did see that the vehicle was a black Chevrolet Blazer and that it had an out-of-state license tag. Finch noted that the tag was blue and white, and he wrote down the tag numbers and letters. A short time later, the police arrived at the accident scene.

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