Triton Coal Co. v. Mobil Coal Producing, Inc.

THOMAS, Justice.

The essential questions that must be resolved in this case relate to a claim of error for giving an instruction to which no formal objection was lodged at the appropriate time in the trial proceeding and to a claim of error for failure to give an instruction that was withdrawn. The issues are whether, in either instance, the appellant, Triton Coal Company, Inc. (Triton), developed a record that justifies this court in considering the claimed error or, in the alternative, whether the plain error doctrine permits this court to review the claims of error. Triton and Mobil Coal…