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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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1,411 thoughts onGotham Steel Class Action Says Everything Sticks To Non-Stick Pans
I bought Gotham Steel pans, & am having problems with the non-stick coating coming off in peaces into my food. I have iadvertantly injested the material.
I saved for months to buy this cookware. Basically all my hard earned money GONE DOWN THE DRAIN. I’m a single mom. I don’t have the money to buy a new set of cookware so I’m stuck…like the food on my crappy pots & pans! How can the owners sleep at night knowing they deceived millions of people!
I bought a set of 4 and followed the directions on the packaging to the letter and everything stuck the very first time. When I tried to return them for a refund I found that the cost of shipping and insurance that they required was going to be more than I paid initially. When I received them new they were all in one package. When you want to return them they have to be packaged one at a time and insured for much more than the initial price. These pans are one of the biggest swindles since Soapy Smith in the 1800’s.
I bought the two frying pan set. They worked fine for about a month or so (probably used a couple of dozen times) Now, everything sticks to them.
I just ordered by phone. Can I send them back unopened for a full refund.
Disgusting I spent a lot of money on this cookware only to find out it burns and scratches it gives you a warranty but I can’t seem to get them replaced even though I registered them
I also spent about $200 plus shipping because I thought that the pans were non stick and within a short period of time which was only about a month everything started to stick even using oil or butter to cook with. The reason I bought the pans is because they were non stick pans and said that you didnt have to use oil, butter or anything else to keep foods from sticking.
very disappointed definitely not non stick everything sticks ! false advertising
Terrible cookware! Everything sticks! Purchased a set from JC Penny for almost $200. Very disappointed and disgusted!
I ordered Gotham steel.pan the worst pan ever stuff sticks alot scratches and a pain to clean