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REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 3081 SEPTEMBER TERM, 2007

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND v. VALERIE J. WILLIS

Hollander, Meredith, Thieme, Raymond G., Jr., (Retired, specially assigned) JJ.

Opinion by Hollander, J.

Filed: August 28, 2009

In this appeal, we must determine whether an employer is entitled to judicial review of an Order issued by the Workers' Compensation Commission (the "Commission"), denying the employer's request to refer a worker's compensation claim to the Insurance Fraud Division (the "Division") of the Maryland Insurance Administration. Valerie Willis (the "Employee" or the "Claimant"), appellee, a former Montgomery County Police Officer, obtained compensation benefits for a work related injury sustained in July 2001. Montgomery County (the "County" or the "Employer"), appellant, claimed that after the work-related event, but before benefits were awarded, the Employee sustained a non-work related injury that she failed to disclose. On that basis, pursuant to Md. Code (2008 Repl. Vol.),

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