maintenance or use of such uninsured or hit-and-run motor vehicle. (Emphasis added). 18 Del.C. § 3902. The purpose of uninsured motorist coverage is to “protect innocent, injured persons who are unable to recompense from negligent tortfeasors.” Abramowicz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Del.Super. 369 A.2d 691, 694 (1977), aff'd Del.Super., 386 A.2d 670 (1978). Uninsured motorist coverage makes the injured person whole for the losses suffered as a result of acts of uninsured motorists. 12A Couch on Insurance 2d § 45:624 (Rev.Ed.1981). It is designed to “interact with other statutory compensation systems ... so as to remove gaps in available compensation.” Evans v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., Del.Super., C.A. No. 87C-SE-22, Steele, J. (Oct. 6, 1989), slip op. at 4, 1989 WL 167406 (<HOLDING>) Although statutes requiring uninsured motorist
holding that a hit and run or unknown driver is deemed to be uninsured for purposes of the uninsured motorist statute recognizing right of contribution against joint tortfeasor where release is obtained on his behalf holding that a joint tortfeasor may assert a claim for contribution against the plaintiffs uninsured motorist carrier for the torts of an unknown driver holding term third party did not include an uninsured motorist carrier holding that joint tortfeasor defendant does not get setoff equal to amount of recovery injured plaintiff receives from carrier of his uninsured motorist coverage