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
I purchased one pan with the offer of a second pan free. After serval times of frying, my eggs started to stick to the bottom of the pan. Now when I fry eggs, I end up scrapping them off the pan.
As I experienced first-hand, my Gotham Steel pan non-stick surface stopped working after a few months. I fell for the company’s (Emson) TV infomercials and slick packaging bogus advertisements.
I was also SHOCKED to see enclosed in the packaging the company’s (un-enforceable!) binding-arbitration agreement: It says you can’t sue the company if the product doesn’t work.
I purchased my pan at Walmart.
Carefully read reviews BEFORE purchasing any Gotham Steel (or E. Mishan & Sons, Inc. or Emson) products. Visit Emson website to see their line of products (again do some research before purchasing their Gotham Steel and consumer products).
Just have their cookware set and stick all the time and you can’t find any one to claim the life time warranty service even phone or email they provided!!!
Worst. Pan. Ever. So upsetting that they were such shameless liars about the quality of the pans. Waste of resources, time, energy and food. Shame on them. Ugh.
Oh boy. I just bought the Gotham Steel electric multipurpose grill (cooks both sides at the same time). Haven’t used it yet. Should I return it????? (Saw on TV)
Yes food will stick over time
Return it ASAP, or give it as a gift to someone you don’t like.
I also had purchased a fry pan with cover. everything sticks to it. Worse pan I have ever owned. Now I need to spend more money to purchase another.
I purchased one small round fry pan and a large square one from day one the food stuck to them. Only getting worse as time goes on. The small fry pan even has the coating chipping where my wife cracked eggs on it. Complete GARBAGE. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.
I experienced the same thing. At first they were great, now everything sticks. Doesn’t matter what temperature you use or if you use oil or butter. I absolutely hate these pans. And the fact that I spent so much money on them is infuriating.
I bought the complete set and a month later everything stuck even if you add oil. We only use the baking pans because they’re the only ones that don’t stick yet but we also rarely use them
Bought this pan about a month ago, already started to have foods sticking and even with low flame