compulsory counterclaim under subdivision

(a), and a failure to interpose it will not bar its assertion in a later suit. Hollon v. McComb, 636 P.2d 513, 1981 Wyo. LEXIS 388 (Wyo. 1981). Claim otherwise barred by sovereign immunity may be raised as counterclaim. — A claim which would otherwise be barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity may be asserted as a counterclaim in a government- initiated lawsuit if it arises out of the transac- tion or occurrence that is the subject matter of the opposing party’s claim and is asserted to reduce or defeat the government’s claim. Rup- penthal v. State, 849 P.2d 1316, 1993 Wyo. LEXIS 73 (Wyo. 1993). Permissive counterclaim. — Wyo. R. Civ. P. 13 allows for the broadest possible joinder of claims between parties and does not authorize courts to dismiss permissive counterclaims simply because they would unduly complicate the action. Gas Sensing Tech. Corp. v. New Horizon Ventures PTY LTD, 2020 WY 114, 471 P.3d 294, 2020 Wyo. LEXIS 128 (Wyo. 2020). Action by insured not barred by insur- ance company settlement. — A settlement by an automobile liability insurance company of a claim against its insured without his con- sent or against his protests of nonliability does not ordinarily bar an action by the insured against the person receiving the settlement on a claim arising out of the same set of facts. Suchta v. Robinett, 596 P.2d 1380, 1979 Wyo. LEXIS 418 (Wyo. 1979). Insurance company need not advise on