Sandbulte v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.

(con-

curring specially).

I concur in the result and in all of the majority opinion except the majority’s reason for the result in division II-C.

I. I think the words “transaction or occurrence that is the basis for such opposing party’s claim” in rule 29 of the rules of civil procedure should be' given a liberal rather than a strict construction so that all contentions in a controversy are disposed of in a single action to avoid multiplicity of suits. See Walters v. Iowa-Des Moines National Bank, 295 N.W.2d 430, 432 (Iowa 1980) (“Rule 29 has as its objective the avoidance of a multiplicity of…