Our previous Daily Law Bulletin article on March 21 explored the teachings by the late U.S. district judge Milton I. Shadur about answering a complaint, with reference to his appendix in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Riley, 199 F.R.D. 276 (N.D. Ill. 2001).Because we only briefly touched on affirmative defenses, we explore that topic further here. In an opinion striking an affirmative defense in its entirety, Shadur observed:“It has become increasingly apparent with the passage of time that this [c …