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
Pans all scratched even though they are advertised to not scratch!
I purchased the whole set, they stick and chip even though I don’t use metal.
I wish the pan performed like advertised, well for more than a month. I thought I had done something wrong to make everything stick. Save your money and leave this crap alone.
I bought several of these Chinese robbery jobs from Chinamart(Walmart), and followed there directions, very first use and three eggs literally bonded to the pan, this was the very first, and very last use the pan ever saw, the pan was impossible to clean, egg literally bonded to its surface and it went right back to walmart, its new surface included! Absolute theft!
Loved it for about a month and now it’s trash. Everything sticks even when I tried cooking spray. Total waste of money
I bought the entire set of pans and they all stick.
I bought these pans thinking they were good as advertised but everything sticks in them. Total trash.
I purchased my Gothem Steel 10 piece set on January 5, 2021 from Macys. The bottom of the pan, the silver, transferred to my stove!!!! It cannot be removed, and has ruined my stove!!!! Since it ruined the front 2 burners as I was using both of them at the same time, I decided to try a small one on the back burner, yes!!! It did the same thing. Gothem Steel owes me a stove!!!!! Returning pots to Macys.
OURS WORKED WELL FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS, NOW EVEN SALMON STICKS TO IT. WE DON’T HAVE THAT PROBLEM WITH THE OLD STAND BY CAST-IRON, LIKE EVERYBODY’S OPINION JUNK.
I bought 2 Gotham Steel frying pans (GOTH12inpfl & GOTHAM9.5 inch pan with lid) and after only a month food sticks to the “non-stick) surface. They totally are not non-stick as advertised. (junk!!)
I have been very disappointed with 2 pans of 9 1/2″ Gotham Frying Pan purchased 2019. These pans advertised as not having to use any oil, butter, etc. could not be further from their ads they represented. I have original receipt sent from Gotham Steel Cookware 400 Returns Road, Wallingford, Ct. 06494. Is there replacement amount? Gotham Steel warranted original purchaser’s entire lifetime, the Ti-Cerama Cookware won’t have defects in material & workmanship if used for regular household purposes…I never built a fire to use it, and obviously to be used on a cooktop in a kitchen!! Makes one think twice before believing ads!! You have made everyone aware Ti-Cerama Cookware is a SCAM!