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HexClad Cookware
Case Name (Date)
Didwania et al. v. HexClad Cookware, Inc.
23-cv-5110, C.D. Cal.
(June 2023)
Product/Service
HexClad cookware
Allegations
Misleadingly marketing cookware as non-toxic and free from PFOAs and PFAS when the cookware is coated in polytetrafluoroethylene (or PTFE), which is a type of PFAS chemical
Status
Voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled.
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