The fact is that sometimes, bad things happen to good people. That can be said about retirement plans and the good plan sponsors and providers who do their job. No matter how great a job they do, the threat of potential liability is always there.<\/p>\n
No matter how a plan sponsor takes care of their fiduciary responsibility and no matter how professional a plan provider is won\u2019t preclude someone from suing them.<\/p>\n
Just because a plan participant doesn\u2019t really have a case against a plan sponsor or a plan provider that is doing their job., doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t sue. Competence doesn\u2019t preclude frivolous lawsuits or litigation that have very little merit. Competence will only mean that there will likely be no liability, just the headache of a lawsuit.<\/p>\n
I know a fiduciary who was sued because the previous plan fiduciary stole money the year before (that would be me). These things happen because sometimes when someone hires an overly ambitious litigator, people get sued when they do nothing wrong.<\/p>\n
We can talk about how plan sponsors and providers can minimize their potential liability, but they can never eliminate the threat of litigation.<\/p>\n
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