(765 ILCS 530/7) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9657)

Sec. 7. Common law rights and remedies preserved. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish the rights of the operator or surface owner as they exist by established common law; provided, however, that any compensation paid pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 hereof, shall be a complete bar to the assertion of any other remedy for such damages.

(Source: P.A. 85-1312.)