(February 5, 2020, 12:59 PM EST) -- ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland Court of Special Appeals panel on Jan. 24 affirmed a trial court’s approval of a $1.5 million class settlement in a lawsuit accusing a lender of illegal charges, finding that the objector’s claim that the class representative was inadequate was not properly before the court but that even if it was, the trial court’s adequacy ruling and the finding that the settlement was fair were both appropriate (Gerald Burton v. Claudine Hale, et al., No. 3346, Md. Spec. App., 2020 Md. App. LEXIS 62)....