“Instacart and its retail partners, licensors, and suppliers are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages, or for any damages relating to physical injuries...”
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This exclusion eliminates the categories of damages that often represent the largest component of harm, leaving users able to seek only direct damages if any remain available.
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A reader cannot recover indirect, incidental, special, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages, or damages arising from physical injuries, from Instacart or its retail partners, licensors, or suppliers.
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This exclusion eliminates the categories of damages that often represent the largest component of harm, leaving users able to seek only direct damages if any remain available.
A reader cannot recover indirect, incidental, special, punitive, exemplary, or consequential damages, or damages arising from physical injuries, from Instacart or its retail partners, licensors, or suppliers.
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