16 Facts About LaserShip

LaserShip is a regional last-mile delivery company that services the Eastern and Midwest United States.

LaserShip has been widely criticized for drivers roughly handling goods, including throwing and driving over packages.

LaserShip drivers have been reported for damaging and stealing the personal property of recipients.

LaserShip has been penalized by multiple governments for misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, and for delivering untaxed cigarettes.

In March 2014, LaserShip added four states to its service area: New Hampshire, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Delaware.

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Also in March 2014, LaserShip acquired Cleveland-based last-mile delivery company Prestige Delivery Systems, further expanding services to Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan and Indiana.

In May 2021, LaserShip expanded into Tennessee, opening three new branches in Memphis, Knoxville, and Nashville.

In October of 2020, LaserShip announced its philanthropic program Time of Need in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis to formalize their commitment to serving their communities.

In 2018, LaserShip officially joined HRSA's Workplace Partnership for Life Campaign, and sponsored multiple events with The Simon Keith Foundation.

At the start of the COVID-19 crisis, LaserShip partnered with Inova Hospital to help deliver PPE and medical equipment.

The customer spoke with the Vice President of LaserShip, who noted that the employee had been with the company for 10 years.

In February 2018, a LaserShip driver dumped a package onto the lawn of a Naples, Florida, resident before proceeding to run over an orange tree sapling in her front yard while quickly executing a three-point turn.

At 5:19 PM on 7 July 2019, a LaserShip employee was caught on tape delivering a package and then stealing a Coach bag from the garage of the delivery destination containing $1,600 in electronics.

In June 2019, LaserShip was ordered to pay almost $600,000 to drivers in New Jersey who had been classified as independent contractors after an investigation by the US Department of Labor.

In September 2014, LaserShip reached a $5 million settlement with the city of New York over deliveries of untaxed cigarettes.

The original suit alleged that LaserShip had delivered more than 120,000 cartons between 2011 and 2013 violating federal and state laws and resulting in tax losses of $1.