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
Not only does food stick to it but I made the mistake of putting it from the dishwasher into the oven and water had gotten into the handle part. It heated up to the 425 degrees that I was cooking the meat on and when I took the pan of food out of the oven the scalding water drained out onto my wrist as the pan tilted. I threw the dang pan away along with the rest of the crappy pans I had bought at the same time. Never will use the brand again.
Yes I purchased the 12 inch pan and the 10 inch pan after a couple of weeks usage everything began to stick . Pans became useless. What a waste of hard earned money. False advertising.
I had the same experience. The pans are garbage.
Longer we used them the more they stick. Terrible product.
I brought several all start sticking after a few uses very disapointed n them
I bought the bigger 12″pan and the medium 10″ pan because the advertisement said nothing sticks to them and showed eggs and food sliding right out of them even burnt cheese and other foods. After 3 weeks of using them food stuck to the pans awful. This was false advertising,. These pans were awful! Please add me to the lawsuit. Also the handles get so hot you have to use a pot holder to touch them.
Yeah, bought them, at full price. After the first use, everything stuck to them no matter what it was. After the third or fourth use, I just threw them away. Easily one of the worst brands I’ve tried. And I’ve tried several.
Bought them when they first came out and paid full price….same results as Gable and Mack!
Food sticks to pans ever if you use oil or butter!
Everything sticks
Please add me.