Citizens Insurance Co. of America v. Juno Lighting, Inc.

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• noting that an affirmative defense “does not controvert the plaintiffs establishing a prima facie case, but... denies that the plaintiff is entitled to recover on the claim for some reason not disclosed in the plaintiffs pleadings”
• finding dismissal sanctions appropriate where spoliation prevented the defendant from putting forth a defense.
• “An affirmative defense must be stated in a party’s responsive pleading or in a motion for summary disposition made before the filing of a responsive pleading, or the defense is waived.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).