A class action lawsuit claims that E. Mishan & Sons Inc.’s Gotham Steel cooking pans are not non-stick, despite advertising to the contrary.
Carl Mack and Alec Gable say they each purchased pans made by the company specifically because they saw advertisements that the pans were non-stick.
Mack claims he relied on the packaging of the product and the TV advertisements to make his purchase, which both marketed the product as non-stick.
Allegedly, the commercials for the pan advertised that no butter or oil was required.
Mack says that he used the pans without oil or butter, consistent with advertisements for the product. However, food allegedly began sticking “severely” to the pan within a month of Mack’s purchase of it and he stopped using the pan.
Gable says he purchased two pans from the Gotham Steel website in 2018. Allegedly, he decided to purchase the pans because, like Mack, he saw advertisements showing that they were non-stick.
Gable claims that after two uses, he began cooking with butter and oil, but even the use of butter and oil did not prevent the food from sticking. Allegedly, the pans were “often caked with black burn marks” and Gable got rid of the pans after about a month of use.
The Gotham Steel non-stick pans class action lawsuit says that Gable and Mack’s experiences are common to many customers even though they used the pans as directed.
The Gotham Steel non-stick pan false advertising class action lawsuit says that E. Mishan & Sons Inc. knew or should have known that the pans were not non-stick as claimed, citing numbers customer complaints about the issue.
Allegedly, E. Mishan & Sons Inc. violated the New York General Business Law, which prohibits “deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any business, trade, or commerce or in the furnishing of any service” in the state, and also prohibits false advertising.
The customers say that they were financially injured by E. Mishan & Sons Inc.’s misrepresentations of the Gotham Steel pans because had they been aware that the pans were not actually non-stick, they would not have purchased the pans or would not have paid as much as they did for them.
The non-stick pan class action lawsuit aims to hold the company liable for breach of express warranty, among other claims.
Did you buy a Gotham Steel non-stick pan? Let us know in the comment section below if you had a similar experience to these plaintiffs.
Mack and Gable are represented by Jason P. Sultzer, Joseph Lipari, and Adam Gonnelli of The Sultzer Law Group PC and by Bonner Walsh of Walsh PLLC.
The Gotham Steel Non-Stick Cooking Pans Class Action Lawsuit is Carl Mack, et al. v. E. Mishan & Sons Inc., Case No. 1:19-cv-08233, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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1,444 thoughts onGotham Steel Class Action Says Everything Sticks To Non-Stick Pans
My pan looks new, however it sticks and is hard to clean.
Bought a double set of frying pans. Used my frying pans a couple times without butter or oil. First couple times all was well. Later, things started sticking so I did use small pats of butter or small drops of cooking oil Now I have two frying pans with “hot spots” which have turned black and the pans look awful. Black spots will not come off. Do not use anymore – very disappointed in the product! what a waste of money.
Absolutely garbage bought the whole set for my girlfriend and
Everything sticks to them ..
Worst purchase I’ve made..
In my opinion these are absolute junk, but I am stuck with them now as I gave my good stuff to Goodwill thinking these would be much better. Within two weeks things started sticking the fry pans. There is now way in hell that an egg can slide out like the advertising shows. Maybe the first use but after that and over easy egg usually gets to be scrambled trying to flip it.
The other gripe I have is the sauce pan and big pot lid handles get really hot. Better grab a pot hold lest you get a second degree burn
I am about to start shopping for something and use these for targets. Bet they won’t stop a .44magnum round.
I too purchased a Gotham Steel non stick pan from Bed Bath & Beyond about 14 months ago. I was able to cook on it without using butter or oil 2 or 3 times but after that its non stick function slowly got worse to the point where it now has black marks (from trying to fry a sausage patty) that will not come off. I’m disgusted to learn that this was so common there’s a class action suit against the company. I would never recommend this pan!
I guess it is somewhat comforting to find out that it is not just us having this sticking problem. Very unhappy with the cookware and very false advertising. Everyone is owed a refund.
Burn marks that won’t come off on second use. Is that safe?
My husband bought these 2 years ago and they are horrible. The food always sticks you have to use a cooking spray and it still sticks even using that. We Would like to be part of this class action law suit.
I spent hundreds of dollars and purchased an entire set of pots, pans, and bakeware. The frying pans are what I use most often and after several months everything sticks. I would like to be a part of a class action lawsuit
I bought a medium Gotham Steel fry pan primarily to make scrambled eggs and from the beginning it sticks terribly. I have tried butter or bacon fat but nothing helps. It’s junk I would like to be a part of this class action. False advertising needs to be stopped!