Class Action: Gotham Steel Non-Stick Pans Not Actually Non-Stick [UPDATE]
by Erin Shaak
Last Updated on February 17, 2021
Mack et al. v. E. Mishan & Sons, Inc.
Filed: September 4, 2019 ◆§ 1:19-cv-08233
Two consumers claim in a proposed class action lawsuit that E. Mishan and Sons’ “Gotham Steel” brand non-stick pans are not actually non-stick, contrary to representations made on the labels and in advertising.
Case Updates
February 3, 2020 – Lawsuit Dismissed
The plaintiffs in the case detailed on this page voluntarily dismissed their claims with prejudice in February 2020, meaning they cannot re-file the lawsuit.
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Two consumers claim in a proposed class action lawsuit that E. Mishan and Sons’ “Gotham Steel” brand non-stick pans are not actually non-stick, contrary to representations made on the labels and in advertising.
The two men say they purchased the defendant’s products after viewing television commercials that portrayed a celebrity chef cooking with Gotham Steel pans and claiming that no oil or butter was needed. Likewise, the suit says the plaintiffs also relied on the pans’ labeling, which allegedly stated similar claims such as “NON-STICK COOKWARE,” “NO OIL OR BUTTER NEEDED!” and “NO STICKING!”
According to the lawsuit, however, food began sticking to the pans almost as soon as the plaintiffs began cooking with the “non-stick” products. One plaintiff says he stopped using the pan after “food began to stick severely,” while the other plaintiff says he “discarded [the pans] after about a month.”
The lawsuit also cites several online complaints from other consumers who purchased the pans, with one person claiming a Gotham Steel pan was “the worst pan I ever purchased” because “everything stick[s] to the bottom.”
The case seeks to cover anyone who purchased Gotham Steel products during the class period.
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