 In the originally aired version of the pilot, Claire injured her  hand badly by putting it into a running sink garbage disposal to  retrieve her class ring. However, Emerson (the company which makes  the "In Sink Erator" brand disposal which was used in the shot),  threatened to sue NBC for airing footage which they claimed  "seriously damaged the reputation" of their product. NBC settled out  of court, so all future airings of this episode have the "In Sink  Erator" brand name removed from the offending shot.