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 purchased the large crisper tray, the large double grill, the deep square pan with lid and the 9.5 in square pan. All of them, in the garbage, food stuck almost immediately, even though I followed the instructions
Please add me I bought 2 of them and first time using them everything stuck to the bottom of the pains
I Bought A Few Gotham Pans Around The Holidays Of 2017 & They Didn’t Even Last A Week, Everything Was Sticking & I Cook With Cooking Spray & Still Everythinghing Got Stuck. Please Add Me.
I purchased 2 Gotham Steel pans after seeing them advertised on TV. Not long after I started cooking with both pans, they started to stick HORRIBLY! I used each pan as instructed but neither pan held up for more than a month. I ended up throwing both pans in the trash. I’m very upset with Gotham Steel and lost money by purchasing their junk pans.
Please add me!! I have basically all the Gotham pan sets,,and they all stick to the food.
I purchased a complete set for myself as well as frying pans as Christmas gifts.
I bought a Gotham Steel Pan set about 2 years ago and food began to stick from the beginning of my using the fry pans and gradually got worse leaving layers of cooked food stuck on the fry pans. The stuck on food caused difficulties with thecleaning of the fry pans. Now I know that Gotham Steel Pans need to be treated before usage, just as cast iron pans need treated before usage. I was informed that food did NOT stick to Gotham Steel Pans before I purchased them and that was the main reason I bought them.
I bought a double pack of these pans from Costco earlier this year, and as the claim states, have been using them with oil or butter. They are not non stick.
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Yes, I bought 3 of the square 9 1/2″ pans, 3 of the 9 1/2″ pans, 1 of the 6″ pans and the 5 at pan And food sticks in everyone is them. I have tried to use them to make cornbread in the oven, as they say they are safe for use in the oven, and the cornbread always sticks to the pan and never comes out of the pan. I have to use a plastic spoon to get the bottom of the bread out of the pan. I am really disappointed in the pans and so upset about the money I spent on them..