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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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1,417 thoughts onGotham Steel Class Action Says Everything Sticks To Non-Stick Pans
The worst pans ever False advertisements
I bought two (2) and ended up throwing them away because food stuck to them. A waste of money.
These are the worse pans ever, finish comes off and they stick like crazy even with sprays, oil, and butter.
I have a 2 pan fryer set and a small pot. The very first thing I cooked in the fryer stuck and burned. I have never used the pot BECAUSE both fryers burn everything that goes in them. I too, have to use oil or butter and that doesn’t help all of the time. Also, scratch free? What a joke.
I purchased not 1 but 3 sets at 120 a pop and yes after about a month was awful unless sauteing with water. Things stuck all the time with my daughter and I ruining 4 pans. My g/f threw hers away :(
I have one and stuff sticks
Impossible to use without oil or butter.
I have a non-stick pan. Everything sticks to it.
I bought this pan on line and it sticks bad I am really mad that companies today can advertise on T.V. in magazines and everywhere this should not be allowed there is another brand also I bought granite when I got it said don’t use metal yet ad showed them using a hammer
I bought the gotham steel smokeless indoor grill and it definitely was not non stick..in fact I cant get part off to this day,
My brother and I have often commented on the false advertising regarding Gotham Steel pots and pans. In fact, now, I have to use SOS soap pads to clean the bottom of the pans because they burn and stick so bad.