Appellate Court of Illinois August 17, 1999, 3-98-0009WC (Green v. Industrial Commission)

JUSTICE RAKOWSKI

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case raises a question of jurisdiction involving the tension between competing policies of federal and state law. The question is whether claimant Haskel Green, an injured seaman, may pursue workers’ compensation benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq.