Indiana Appellate Panel: Failure To Provide Class Notice Is Reversible Error

( June 3, 2026, 9:31 AM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A firefighters’ union properly raised after final judgment a trial court’s failure to provide class notice in a lawsuit alleging insufficient time off as “[t]he Firefighters could not have anticipated that the trial court would proceed to final judgment prior to following the procedure for class actions, taking evidence or swearing in witnesses,” an Indiana Court of Appeals panel ruled in an unpublished opinion....