Current, former FWFD firefighters demand back pay in federal lawsuit filed this week

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) ---More than 200 former and current firefighters with the Fort Wayne Fire Department are suing the city in a federal lawsuit regarding overtime backpay.The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the United States District Court Northern Indiana, states that on numerous occasions the city of Fort Wayne failed to incorporate overtime pay into firefighters' paychecks.Some of the overtime is mandatory, according to the lawsuit.“The City has admitted to not calculating plaintiffs&rs