Title: Wilmington Trust, N.A. v. Lincoln Benefit Life Company
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 242, 2018
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: May 8, 2018

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A., AS 
SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY,  
 
Defendant Below, 
Appellant, 
 
v. 
 
LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE 
COMPANY, 
 
Plaintiff Below, 
Appellee. 
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§  No. 242, 2018 
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§  Court Below—Superior Court  
§  of the State of Delaware 
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§  C.A. No. N17C-08-301 
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Submitted:  May 4, 2018 
 
 
 
 
      Decided:     May 8, 2018 
 
Before VAUGHN, SEITZ, and TRAYNOR, Justices. 
 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
This 8th day of May 2018, having considered the notice of appeal from an 
interlocutory order under Supreme Court Rule 42, it appears to the Court that: 
(1) 
This interlocutory appeal arises from a Superior Court opinion denying 
the motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens filed by the defendant below-
appellant, Wilmington Trust, N.A., as Securities Intermediary.1  On April 13, 2018, 
Wilmington Trust filed an application for certification to take an interlocutory 
appeal.  The plaintiff below-appellee, Lincoln Benefit Life Company, opposed the 
                                                 
1 Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. Wilmington Trust, N.A., 2018 WL 1638871 (Del. Super. Ct. Apr. 5, 
2018).   
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application.  On April 30, 2018, the Superior Court denied the application after 
determining certification was not warranted under the principles and criteria of 
Supreme Court Rule 42(b).2   
(2) 
Applications for interlocutory review are addressed to the sound 
discretion of the Court.3  In the exercise of our discretion, we have concluded that 
the application for interlocutory review does not meet the strict standards for 
certification under Rule 42(b) and should be refused.  
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the interlocutory 
appeal is REFUSED.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
           Justice 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
                                                 
2 Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. Wilmington Trust, N.A., 2018 WL 2074713 (Del. Super. Ct. Apr. 30, 
2018).   
3 Supr. Ct. R. 42(d)(v).