DHL Founder’s Biological Son Sues Trust Over Unpaid Fees (1)

A biological son of DHL Worldwide Express founder Larry Hillblom—whose estate paid $360 million to several of his out-of-wedlock children after he was lost at sea—filed suit in Delaware against Wilmington Trust Co., claiming he’s wrongly on the hook for legal fees it failed to pay.

The lawsuit, docketed Tuesday in Delaware Chancery Court, accuses the trust company of using “years of delay tactics” to avoid paying Sanders & Parks PC, the law firm that proved the paternity of Wells Lory Hillblom—born Nguyen Be Lory—and secured him a share of his father’s millions.

The trust company chose “to effectively ...