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
Worst set of pots and pans ever purchased. I even bought the grill and everything sticks to it to.
I got suckered into buying the whole set! Worst pans ever! I had to throw them out. What a waste of money! Add me to the lawsuit.
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yup got suckered in by the info…. commercial … non-stick ….. smokeless…. rats ass , both are blatant lies…. FIRST WEEK barbecue sauce stuck and that was it… not cleanable … stuck on forever….. continued to use the grill after cleaning the best we could…. IT NOW RESEMBLES MY OUTDOOR GRILL ….. mostly using it for ground beef….UNTIL we noticed that the fat would not all drop harmlessly into the collection pan…it travelled along the bottom and collected where the control plugs in…. WE DEEMED THIS A FIRE HAZZARD AND STOPPED USING THE GRILL…. The griddle … same thing what a joke… Two weeks of use and the electric heating element has burned the surface black… a big black u that does not clean off….. stinkin n rottin….. was pissed off at myself for buying this hook line n non-stick smokeless sinker…. got nothing but cuss words now@#@@$$%%%^^&&
I purchased the pans and also had to throw the pans away. Two uses and they totally ruined my food, the sticking was horrible and couldn’t even clean them up. Please add me to this law suit.
I got 2 and it’s a total messs
The pans are total garbage Plain and Simple. Both of mine went into the garbage. I also purchased them from the web site.
I bought a set of these also and used as directed. I ended up throwing them out due to food sticking. The coating also pealed off
Yes!! Yes!! Yes!! I had even made a complaint with Gotham Steele about 1 of the pans! They sent a new one, however, the same exact thing!! After only a few uses, everything was Sticking!! And I also do NOT believe that this pan distributes heat evenly for complete cooking coverage!!! Thanks for your time, I would definitely become part of this class action suit if need be!
AnnMarie A.
I bought the entire set individually because I couldn’t afford to buy them all at once. I highly regret it! So many pans and meals ruined thanks to their false claims. I nearly burnt down and smoked up my kitchen several times. As an asthma sufferer, it has been rough. These pans smoke so easily.
I bought a set and had problems with food sticking right away, not only that but the surface of the pans were advertised as having an unscratchable surface. Needless to say they are very scratched up.
I bought the entire box set and still had issues