Judge Orders Arbitration in Instacart Case

Shoppers and delivery drivers for Instacart will have to pursue claims they were illegally misclassified as independent contractors through arbitration, a federal judge ruled. Instacart is a phone-based app in much the same vein as ridehailing apps such as Uber. Maplebear Inc.'s Instacart provides shoppers and drivers who are dispatched through the phone application to shop for and deliver groceries to customers. Lead plaintiff and Instacart driver Dominic Cobarruvlaz, who lives in California, in January filed a complaint alleging he was misclassified with the San Francisco Superior ...