Green v. Industrial Comm'n
Case Date: 08/17/1999
Court: 3rd District Appellate
Docket No: 3-98-0009WC
Industrial Commission Division
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 (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 1998)) or whether he is limited to benefits under federal law, specifically, the Merchant Marine Act (Jones Act)(1) (46 U.S.C. app. |