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 also bought these pots and pans and they are starting to allow food to stick!!!!
I bought 2 sets of pans and had the same experience. I also purchased the greenware non stick. Most pans are in the dumpster
bought 2 full sets for me and my sister these pans stick and turn black
I am 67 like a idiot I believed the ads and bought 2 sets , one for me and another as a gift . They are awful! Total rip off !
Yes i also have same problem..its not what they portray on tv..
bought 2 full sets for me and my son. these pans stick and turn black
I also bought several of these pans & have had the same problems with food sticking & then burning of the “stuck on” food. I had tried 1 pan at first& had fantastic results so I went back&bought a lot more. I replaced all my pans with these. I also bought several of them as gifts. I also bought them to use I’m our RV.
I followed all the instructions that came with the pan.
It was awful that after a few more uses, everything stuck! The more I used the pans, the worse things stuck! I’m so disappointed. I had to replace all my pans AGAIN &apologize to those people I gave them to as gifts…embarrassing.
Same here i bought these non stick pans because we have a bigger family, 2 adults and 5 kids. i do all the cooking and after seeing all the commercials i was hesistate so i waited a few weeks, after seeing they were everywhere in stores i decided to buy 2 to try. i followed instructions as to how to wash and preseason oansnfor in stick cooking. they worked great first few times i used them for hot sandwiches. so i went back and bought 2’more for us (4 total for me) and bought them for christmas gifts for my siblings, parents, and grandparents because we all love to cook, even gourmet style. and i figured if we could get the flavor without all the fat and grease even better. but after 2-3 uses everything would start to stick and leave brown and black scorched food. only used plastic or wooden utensils never metal even though it said you could. with 5 kids, 2 with special needs only one parent works and they other stays home to take care of them ages of kids are still toddlers to children, so we don’t have much money coming in. so i rely on the advertisements, ratings, and time in stores as proof of quality. I bought our pans from
Target which were no less then $20 each, to avoid the extra s/h fees. in total i bought 16 of these pans just to find out it was a scam. please include me in this lawsuit.
My whole family had been affected by Gotham steel,with the nonstick pans,these are expensive cookware and to be told no oil or butter who would want to be able to live a healthier lifestyle? Well Gotham has failed the public immensely!!
Yup, you def need spray or oil with these