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 received my set of 2 pan 9.5 & the small one as a xmas gift how embarrasing when my friend saw them.WERE CAN GET HER MONEY BACK??????????
Bought the 12 pc. set. Not only does everything stick but while heating oil to make breakfast on Mother’s Day over medium high heat, the dang thing caught fire! Almost burned my house down and ruined $50 worth of food!
I HATE these pans! I bought them for the non stick feature and my eggs stick like glue everytime I use them!
I have not been able to cook a single thing in this pan without it sticking, despite trying different temps. It is also hard to clean.
Bought two pans, burn marks so bad that they don’t wash out anymore. Usage in line with the commercial instructions. How do we go about getting into the class action?
I bought a set of Gotham steele set. I purchased thinking that they were non stick and didnt need oil or butter. My whole set sticks. Waste of money.
I bought the frying pan, & great for about 6months & then everything sticks, & cleaning it a nightmare. Total rip off.
Same issues , not not stick. I used the pans, for a while they were OK. Not very long everything started to stick and cant clean them.
So frustration! I saw the commercials and warranty. I bought two pans. Shortly after starting to use them as directed both pans started to stick. I tried everything I could think of to fix the problem. I am out over $50.00. What a rip off!
We bought 2 pans from Costco for $49 and they were good for about a month. Then they became harder and harder to clean and now everything sticks and burns and I can’t even scrub away the residue. What a rip off…
I also bought three of these skillets, two small ones from their television ad and one large one from Walmart. At first they were okay, but after a few weeks, everything stuck to them no matter what heat I used or whether I used cooking oil or not. This leads me to believe they were coated with a clear coating that melts or is worn away during cooking or clean. If it was during cooking then very likely we’ve ingested much of that material.