THOMPKINS v. MOUNTAINEER INVESTMENTS

No. 43, September Term, 2013.

94 A.3d 61 (2014)

439 Md. 118

Marshall THOMPKINS, et ux. v. MOUNTAINEER INVESTMENTS, LLC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. David Hoskins ( Max F. Brauer , The Law Offices of E. David Hoskins, LLC, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioners.

Gerard F. Miles, Sr. ( Gerard F. Miles, Jr. , Huesman, Jones and Miles, LLC, Hunt Valley, MD; William P. Baker , Baker & Baker, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondents.

Gerard J. Gaeng, Esq. , Andrew H. Baida, Esq. , Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP, Baltimore. MD, John M. McIntyre, Esq. , Reed Smith, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Brian L. Moffet, Esq. , Gordon Feinblatt, LLC, Baltimore, MD, James D. Mathias, Esq. , Anthony P. Ashton, Esq. , DLA Piper, LLP (US), Baltimore, MD, Gregory L. Lockwood, Esq. , Treanor Pope & Hughes, P.A., Towson, MD, for amici curiae brief of Maryland Bankers Association, Fifth Third Bank, Santander Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., M & T Bank and PB Investment Holdings LLC.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, and IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


McDONALD, J.

It has been said, with respect to the assignment of promissory notes for mortgage loans, that "most attorneys would rather slaughter hogs than contemplate the elements of negotiability."1 In this case we are called upon to decide whether an assignee of a second mortgage loan is responsible for certain statutory violations allegedly committed by the original lender when the loan was...

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