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 bought 2 of these pans. Add me please.
Yes, I do have several pans… different sizes. At first I thought they were fine, but after using a few times I tried using Pam, butter, and oil. As someone mentioned, the pans get burnt while cooking. This “may” be the added butter or oil, but felt I needed to use something.
I had the same problem. I no longer use the one pan I opened ( I purchased 2) because food stuck so badly even with cooking spray, butter or oil and I only used it for a couple of times before everything stuck and then there was a very bad smell coming from the pan which got into the tase to the food..
I have several pans and also the griddle and everything sticks to it. So disappointed.
Add me please. I bought the entire set and after a month, they were no longer non stick. These work nothing like advertised and ended up having to purchase all new pans.
Yes, I am in agreement with all who are complaining as well as using additives. In addition, the pans scratch as well. I paid good money for these pans because I believed in the advertisement. Unfortunately, the claim is not true.
Exactly my experience as well. It does not live up to the claims of being non-stick.
I purchased set of these pans and within 1 month they began sticking. Purchased in 2017.
I have purchased several sets. It takes about a month but stuff does start to stick. Plus with the pots, the copper starts to chip off! Very disappointed!
I bought 4 fry pans from small to the large one ! They all stick !
I have 2 of these pans as well. Yes, they stick – even when using Pam, oil, butter… whatever. Worthless pans.