Grocery delivery became especially popular during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and has skyrocketed in general in recent years. Unfortunately, with more people signing up to deliver for services like Instacart, there’s also a higher chance of being involved in a crash with someone making a grocery order delivery. If you or a loved one has been involved in an Instacart accident, you may need to seek the assistance of an attorney.
Instacart is a grocery delivery and pick-up service. The service lets you shop for your groceries online, then either pick them up at the store or have them delivered to your house.
Many people are turning to this sort of online grocery buying and delivery, even as pandemic restrictions have waned. The mix of timesaving and convenience involved can be very appealing, and there’s no reason to believe the popularity of services like Instacart will die down anytime soon.
Indeed, of the nearly 2,100 U.S. adults polled in Coresight’s “U.S. Online Grocery Survey 2022” report, 54.3 percent had purchased groceries online in the previous 12 months. And at that time, 46.9 percent said they planned to buy groceries online in the next 12 months.
And we’re not just talking about neighborhood grocery stores. Retail giants like Walmart use Instacart drivers for deliveries, alongside other delivery services. With an increased interest in and use of these delivery services comes an increase in Instacart accidents as more and more drivers making the deliveries with great pressure to do so in a timely manner take to the roads.
All drivers making deliveries for Instacart have to have their own personal auto insurance policies, but how auto insurance companies classify driving for Instacart may differ between insurers. Whenever you have the insurance companies involved, things can get very complicated and confusing, very fast.
That’s why you should consider getting legal advice from a team with experience in dealing with delivery driver accidents. The team of experienced attorneys at Phillips Law Group may be able to help you recover financial compensation to cover the costs of bills resulting from an Instacart accident.
If you’ve been injured in an Instacart delivery car or truck crash, please call Phillips Law Group to discuss your legal options. We can offer a free, no-obligation review of your situation to determine the next best steps for you or a loved one who was harmed in an Instacart delivery driver wreck.
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