Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit September 26, 1995, 94-3864 (Mildred A. Belluomini, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of Harry Belluomini, Deceased v. United States)

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Presented for our review in this case is the question of whether the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”), 820 ILCS 305/5(a), is a valid defense to a claim brought against the United States Marshals Service under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671

et seq.