Jim Roger Sues SG Dentist for $48k

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American investment guru Jim Rogers sues dentist
Published on Jun 21, 2012

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<!--close .storyLeft--><!--start of story image, if any--> Investor Jim Rogers (left) claims that he went to Smile Inc's Dr Ernest Rex Tan (right) to consult the dentist about his temporomandibular joint disorder, but Dr Tan said the investment <innity></innity>guru had wanted to cosmetically enhance his teeth. -- ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM, ZAOBAO FILE PHOTO

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<!-- storyAds:end --><!--start of story text-->An American billionaire, a permanent resident here, is suing his dentist over a treatment that has left little for either party to smile about.
Investment guru Jim Rogers, 69, wants a reimbursement of the $48,150 he spent on ceramic enhancements to his teeth recommended by Dr Ernest Rex Tan of Smile Inc Dental - and compensation on top of that.
It is unclear how much compensation is being sought, but Chinese-language daily Lianhe Zaobao reported on Wednesday that the case is to be heard in the High Court, where only claims above $250,000 are dealt with.
Dr Tan, 43, is fighting back, and counter-claiming for defamation.

 

[BuiKia]

Why is the high court dealing with something that is for the lower court? A waste of public funds? Just because it is Jim they use high court?

 

[dredd]

Never deal with powerful people who have no regard for money like billionaires. They have nothing to lose when they sue you, fark you, beat you up, harm you.... because money talks. You, on the other hand, have everything to lose. So it's better to stay clear from them and avoid them like the plague. Don't do anything for them, don't even walk their dog.

The dentist is no match for the billionaire. He could easily drag this case on for years. Can smileinc. afford to do that? And so what if you won in the end? The legal fees will easily bankrupt you.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Jim Rogers was/is the poster boy to attract high net worth individual.
The dentist is screwed....SG will use this case to showcase their 'we protect FTs' policy.

 

[whoami]

Jim Rogers was/is the poster boy to attract high net worth individual.
The dentist is screwed....SG will use this case to showcase their 'we protect FTs' policy.

Macam simson and Goliath.

 

[dredd]

Jim Rogers is an extremely shrewd individual. He won't sue if he's not sure of victory. A very dangerous person to work for or provide service for anything. If I was a dentist and he walks into my clinic, I'll politely ask him to go look for another. This kind of business better not to do.

 

[Cruxx]

Alexander Lincoln...Ernest Rex..wtf is wrong with Sinkies?

 

[erection2015]

ya ...for this reason alone the dentist will likely be screwed.....sinkie vs value adding FT.

Next.....i think this dentist had some other episode which was reported in the shit times some time back when he was a junior partner in Chin, Tsao & partners...a dental group. Dont recall the details of the case though.

Jim Rogers was/is the poster boy to attract high net worth individual.
The dentist is screwed....SG will use this case to showcase their 'we protect FTs' policy.

 

[Cruxx]

Jim Rogers is an extremely shrewd individual. He won't sue if he's not sure of victory. A very dangerous person to work for or provide service for anything. If I was a dentist and he walks into my clinic, I'll politely ask him to go look for another. This kind of business better not to do.

He'll probably sue you for defamation, one way or another.

 

[Cruxx]

Whom did this Ernest Tyrannosaurus vote for?

 

[erection2015]

exactly my view bro....this type of money is too risky to try to make. These barstards got a suing mentality and the way sinkiepoor is...the local guy will most certainly lose out. The people in charge got no balls.

Jim Rogers is an extremely shrewd individual. He won't sue if he's not sure of victory. A very dangerous person to work for or provide service for anything. If I was a dentist and he walks into my clinic, I'll politely ask him to go look for another. This kind of business better not to do.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Alexander Lincoln...Ernest Rex..wtf is wrong with Sinkies?

kiasu even when it comes to names...........the more the merrier

 

[dredd]

exactly my view bro....this type of money is too risky to try to make. These barstards got a suing mentality and the way sinkiepoor is...the local guy will most certainly lose out. The people in charge got no balls.

Not only does he have a sue mentality if things go wrong, he has the means to inflict permanent damage to you. The gahment helping you? Let's put it this way... if a guy like Jim Rogers with a nett worth of billions wants to hang you a peasant with no worth, they will probably hand Mr. Rogers the rope to do so.

 

[erection2015]

ya right again bro....i wouldnt touch this type of transaction with a 10 ft pole .....too risky with these guys.

Remember the case where the american prick jaywalked and got hit by the car?....Clear cut case of american fuckup but they still managed to successfully sue the driver...wtf

Singapore got no balls.....foreigners always come out better.

Alexander Lincoln...Ernest Rex..wtf is wrong with Sinkies?

Not only does he have a sue mentality if things go wrong, he has the means to inflict permanent damage to you. The gahment helping you? Let's put it this way... if a guy like Jim Rogers with a nett worth of billions wants to hang you a peasant with no worth, they will probably hand Mr. Rogers the rope to do so.

 

[dredd]

Where else in the world would any Gahment of a country ask, beg, even put out freebies and grants to demand that we, citizens of Singapore, to "integrate" and kowtow to foreigners making them feel welcome. It is always the other way around. If you want to make a living out of another country, it's only right that you should be the ones to integrate and kowtow to the locals.

 

[Cruxx]

Where else in the world would any Gahment of a country ask, beg, even put out freebies and grants to demand that we, citizens of Singapore, to "integrate" and kowtow to foreigners making them feel welcome. It is always the other way around. If you want to make a living out of another country, it's only right that you should be the ones to integrate and kowtow to the locals.

And said gahment has the cheek to go around preaching the virtue of self-reliance.

 

[cass888]

Don't be stupid. It's not Jim Rogers v Dentist. It is Jim Rogers v Dentist's PI insurer.

Never deal with powerful people who have no regard for money like billionaires. They have nothing to lose when they sue you, fark you, beat you up, harm you.... because money talks. You, on the other hand, have everything to lose. So it's better to stay clear from them and avoid them like the plague. Don't do anything for them, don't even walk their dog.

The dentist is no match for the billionaire. He could easily drag this case on for years. Can smileinc. afford to do that? And so what if you won in the end? The legal fees will easily bankrupt you.

 

[po2wq]

ah rex got powderful connections or big mountain bhind him anot? ...

if dun haf, gone case! ...

if got, $ vs connections showdown ... but me tink, in ze n, moni wins ... tiz sinkielan woh! ...

 

[hairylee]

If Jimmy is still a billionaire as he claimed then I think he is in financial dire straits now.
$48 000 is nothing to sue for just some dental fuckup unless it is costing him to lose millions.
Billionaire would have just settle it quietly for such petty stuff, afterall, what is $48 000 compare to his billions.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

Why is the high court dealing with something that is for the lower court? A waste of public funds? Just because it is Jim they use high court?

if it's a case involving the Lee Family ah........................even a plate of chicken rice also go Supreme Court lah............


dentist sure die one................vs FOREIGN billionaire.................


dentist deserve to die also lah....................charge so high just becoz people rich.................


i support Jim Rogers on this case......................