McDaniel v. American Honda Finance Corp.

HARRELL, Judge.

In this appeal we are asked to address the merits of a question, which, because of intervening procedural issues, we foresook in a previous opinion in Simpkins v. Ford Motor Credit, 389 Md. 426, 430-31, 886 A.2d 126, 129 (2005).1 Specifically, that question is whether a late fee charged by the lessor of a motor vehicle, in the first instance, constitutes interest and, if so, whether the rate of interest charged was lawful *78under Maryland constitutional and statutory law. The Circuit Court for Prince George’s County dismissed lessees-Appellants’ First Amended Complaint, which…