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
that is true after 2 -3 uses food starts to stick rendering the pan useless with out some type of oil.
I purchased two of these pans only to have every food item stick to them and burn relentlessly. As a mother of a large family, I depended on these pans to cook healthier food for us. Utterly ridiculous how they lied to everyone. Please add me.
Very disappointed in the non stick pans. I thought I’d be saving time cause I wouldn’t be required to scrub pans. I have been duped.
My mom got one for Christmas last year and had the exact same issue. She ended up just throwing it in the trash after 2 uses.
Exactly! This is a HORRIBLE product! After just 2 uses, my pan began sticking. Now, it’s so awful it is simply unusable. I get better results from a properly treated cast-iron skillet. The advertisements are a flagrant LIE, and I want my money back! I’d also like compensation for all the food that stuck to that pan that I never got to eat….
I babied that pan–never had the flame above medium, let it coll properly before washing, and washing with a mild detergent and plastic scrubber. NEVER used metal utensils on it (as suggested that I could in the ads), and still got horrible results after two uses. How do I sign up for the Class Action suit?
I also bought the skillet and everything started sticking to it. I was so disappointed.
Have pans. Food sticks on all of them.
Worst pans I bought.
Pan sticks things burns too
Had same issues with food sticking and also had to soak pans to clean them. The worst nonstick pans i ever purchased!
I bought 4 pans thinking that I didn’t have to add oil or butter to them but I was wrong. After the first use, it started sticking. What a waste of money.