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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 769 September Term, 1996

BRIAN THORESON v. MARGARET SHAFFER, et al.

Fischer, Davis, Bishop, John J. (Ret'd., Specially Assigned) JJ.

Opinion by Bishop, J.

Filed:

October 30, 1996

Appellee, Margaret Shaffer, sued appellant, Brian Thoreson, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County to recover certain sums of money that had allegedly been collected in violation of the

Maryland Secondary Mortgage Loan Law.

Shaffer moved for partial As a result, she

summary judgment, which the trial court granted. recovered $12,179.

Shaffer then moved for summary judgment on the As a On

remainder of her claim, which the trial court also granted. result of that grant, Shaffer received an additional $5,975.

appeal, Thoreson challenges the second grant of summary judgment. ISSUES Thoreson rephrase: raises three issues, which we consolidate and

Did the circuit court err when it concluded that a

$5,975 brokerage fee, paid by Shaffer to a third-party loan broker out of the $60,000 principal of the loan, was a "charge[] with respect to the loan" within the meaning of Md. Comm. Law II Code Ann.

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