( August 3, 2026, 8:59 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Resolving challenges to several rulings that arose from a suit in which an employer prevailed over the parties that alleged that it owed multiemployer fund contributions, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment and expert exclusion decisions but said it lacks jurisdiction regarding an attorney fee ruling that did not set the amount owed to the employer and, therefore, is not yet ripe for appeal; one panel member filed a concurrence concerning the expert exclusion....