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 entire set. The pans started sticking after a couple of months despite taking good care and hand washing only. I do not use metal utensils on them and I do not let them sit on hot burners when done cooking. I am so disappointed that I spent nearly $150 for the set. I even purchased a set for my brother. The company should take responsibility and refund customers their money for false advertising.
These pans are not what they advertise. They worked at first, but within a month, they started sticking. Returning them for a replacement costs money, plus the warranty only lasts 90 days. Why would I want to pay money to get another one?
Purchased a set of Gotham steel pots and pans from BJs For my daughter and 2 pans for myself in 2018. Absolutely EVERYTHING sticks! I thought it was just us but apparently not.
Absolutely. After a month the pans stick anyway you use them.
Exactly! I can’t even cook in money now. We paid 150 dollars for crap! Fake! Try and get ahold of customer service. No go. How do I sue them?
Exactly! I can’t even cook in money now. We paid 150 dollars for crap! Fake! Try and get ahold of customer service. No go.
5/25/20
EXACTLY same problem with ours. Bought the (2) 12” directly frm Gotham for $19.99. They worked good at first, then EVERYTHING started to stick, despite using the them per the instructions. False advertising for cheap crap!
I have the same experience. My two frying pans are sticking everything! I called customer support and they said I had to send the pans back and pay $10 each for shipping for new ones!
Horrible pan and completely false advertising. Hard to clean, food sticks even when oil is used. Nothing like the ads and now I don’t even trust that they use safe materials to make this pan. Truly liars who couldn’t care less about consumers or safety. Zero integrity. They shouldn’t be allowed to profit through lies. I had the square frying pan.
Purchased from Costco, the dual pan set. Started out working great, a handful of uses later everything sticks, horribly. They’ve become so difficult to clean that they’re almost useless. Garbage product.