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
Yes same exact experience as mentioned for me too. I have had mine for approximately 6 mo’s and they are sticking severely.
We purchased 2 of these pans from Costco. They worked for us for a short amount of time; now food sticks on it and it has become difficult to clean. We would t have bought these if we knew they wouldn’t last that long.
I have a 12” pan and a set purchased based on the same situation as above – all are junk pans and the company gives you the run around 8 months I have been trying to get a warranty from them to no avail. They need to be sued for false advertising and miss representation of their products!
I want to know how can I sue these liars??? My husband bought me the 20 piece set. They are horrible. My ones from Walmart are better. I have been emailing them with pics and receipts and no response.. im so pissed!!!!
Most corruptive company. Nothing works. All food get stuck. No one picks up the phone.
This happened to me. Worst most sticky pans I have ever used. Went back to cast iron. Even with a lot of butter and oil, food sticks to Gotham pans. I used exactly as directed.
Bought the combo kit from Costco and yes both leave burn marks and food sticks ALOT.
My pan burns oil and everything sticks to it after using it occasionally for 6 weeks.
I bought the whole kit and none of it worked very well. Dents in the pans and food stuck everywhere folks. Sad case since my Blue Diamond pan does it all without blinking
I have 6 of the pans don’t work as described. Sick and tired of getting ripped off.