FBinNY, my cheap Mercier Galaxy AL has a carbon fork and I always thought forks were under a lot of stress and pressure, given steering, head on bumps and other laws of physics. I know the front doesn't carry weight as much as the rear, but it does take on other forces.

To be fair, the Mercier is only a $400 BD bike and the entire fork isn't CF, but most of it is. For the price, it's a decent bike that took me from beginner to A rider.