8th Circuit Orders Confirmation Of Arbitration Award In Steel Dispute

Mealey's (June 1, 2022, 8:13 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A trial court judge erred in vacating the attorney fees and costs portion of an arbitrator’s award for a bridge contractor in a dispute with a steel manufacturer, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled May 23, vacating the judgment and remanding with instructions to confirm the arbitrator’s award in full after determining that the arbitrator “at least arguably construed” the terms of the contract between the parties when opining that fees and costs were owed....