Heroes Sued for Accuracy?

buddytv · 10-04-2006, 06:09 AM

Appliance manufacturer Emerson filed a suit against NBC seeking to block the re-airing of the Heroes pilot. In the episode, a teenager...

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Guest · 10-04-2006, 11:14 AM

"tarnishing the product by suggesting that serious injuries will result in the event consumers were to accidentally insert their hand into one"

Are they trying to say it's safe to stick your hand down a garbage disposal? It's just like a car company suing a TV show for showing a collision, or a swimming pool company suing the TV show for someone drowning... doesnt make sense.

Guest · 10-09-2006, 11:39 AM

Do gun companies sue cop shows for casting their products in a questionable light when they portray someone being murdered. What happens when a serial rapist on SVU wears a Yankees hat. Does Steinbrenner sue NBC? This kind of litigation has to be checked before it gets out of hand.

Guest · 10-12-2006, 04:15 PM

It did not tarnish my opinion of sticking body parts into a garbage disposal.
It only confirmed my belief that if you put your hand in a disposal that is on, it WILL BE mangled. Even if I had the ability to heal AND Emerson claimed some scheme to prevent harm, I just could not undo simple self preservation. Machine designed to liquify things not good for body parts!

Guest · 10-20-2006, 08:48 PM

Reminds me about stupid things people will do, like the woman who buys her coffe and pulls away. In the instant she puts the coffee between her legs in order to open it up and in the process she scalds herself, She sued McDonald's for that and won,TALK ABOUT STUPID PEOPLE! Ya'll need your heads examined.

Guest · 11-13-2006, 09:45 PM

Wendy, please do some reading about that incident. It did not happen the way you say. Stella Liebeck was not driving--her son was. The car was not in motion when she opened her coffee--they were stopped. Stella did not get scalded--she had third degree burns on her inner things and had to have skin grafts. She endured TWO YEARS of treatment for her injuries. Hardly a mere "scald." Stella offered to settle with McDonalds for $20,000--a much, much smaller amount than the jury later awarded her. McDonalds refused to settle. Please educate yourself. Because, you see, you can keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you're a fool, or you can open your mouth and prove it.

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10-04-2006, 06:09 AM	#1
buddytv Administrator Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 11,778,727	Appliance manufacturer Emerson filed a suit against NBC seeking to block the re-airing of the Heroes pilot. In the episode, a teenager... To read the rest, click here.

10-04-2006, 11:14 AM	#2
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	"tarnishing the product by suggesting that serious injuries will result in the event consumers were to accidentally insert their hand into one" Are they trying to say it's safe to stick your hand down a garbage disposal? It's just like a car company suing a TV show for showing a collision, or a swimming pool company suing the TV show for someone drowning... doesnt make sense.

10-09-2006, 11:39 AM	#3
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	Do gun companies sue cop shows for casting their products in a questionable light when they portray someone being murdered. What happens when a serial rapist on SVU wears a Yankees hat. Does Steinbrenner sue NBC? This kind of litigation has to be checked before it gets out of hand.

10-12-2006, 04:15 PM	#4
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	It did not tarnish my opinion of sticking body parts into a garbage disposal. It only confirmed my belief that if you put your hand in a disposal that is on, it WILL BE mangled. Even if I had the ability to heal AND Emerson claimed some scheme to prevent harm, I just could not undo simple self preservation. Machine designed to liquify things not good for body parts!

10-20-2006, 08:48 PM	#5
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	Reminds me about stupid things people will do, like the woman who buys her coffe and pulls away. In the instant she puts the coffee between her legs in order to open it up and in the process she scalds herself, She sued McDonald's for that and won,TALK ABOUT STUPID PEOPLE! Ya'll need your heads examined.

11-13-2006, 09:45 PM	#6
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	Wendy, please do some reading about that incident. It did not happen the way you say. Stella Liebeck was not driving--her son was. The car was not in motion when she opened her coffee--they were stopped. Stella did not get scalded--she had third degree burns on her inner things and had to have skin grafts. She endured TWO YEARS of treatment for her injuries. Hardly a mere "scald." Stella offered to settle with McDonalds for $20,000--a much, much smaller amount than the jury later awarded her. McDonalds refused to settle. Please educate yourself. Because, you see, you can keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you're a fool, or you can open your mouth and prove it.