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 have also had problems with the fry pans. They stick and are very difficult to clean once the food has stuck onto the pan.
USE PAM SPRAY AND FOOD STILL STICK
The pans are the worst,my eggs burnt so bad had to toss pan. Bad product.
I purchased a Gotham Copper non-stick frying pan. It was aweful and everything stuck to it no matter what it was. The first few times I used it, it was ok but got progressively worse around the third or fourth time. I threw it out because I could not get the food off.
Yes this pan is not what it claims. Food sticks no matter what you cook with or without oil or butter. It’s a waste of money. I wouldn’t have purchased it if I had known.
Please add my name to the class action lawsuit.
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The coating in the pan is even peeling off due to things sticking i got the whole set plus some
My wife and I bought the set of 4.( lg, med,
and small fry pan, About the same time (1 month) food began to stick no matter what I used, oil, butter, olive oil.
AND….the instructions said to coat the pans lightly with oil/olive oil and place pans in 400 degree oven for a few mins, then wipe clean and ready to go.
I have purchased the entire set and am very disappointed by the company’s claim of non stick everything sticks to the pans and eggs to not just roll off neither do pancakes.
These pans are terrible. I bought 2 whole sets and they stuck after a few uses with oil. They were the worst pans I ever had.