On Dec. 1, 2009, plaintiff Sabina Imrie, a retired emergency medical technician manager with the city of Pleasanton, began a job as an assistant fire chief with the city of Berkeley. At that time, Pleasanton stopped providing Imrie with retiree medical benefits. However, Imrie claimed that that Pleasanton still owed her retiree benefits. Imrie sued the city of Pleasanton. She alleged that Pleasanton violated vested contract rights protected by California Constitution Article I, Section 9. Imrie contended that she had worked for the city for over nine years as an EMT manager and, prior to that, worked as a firefighter and EMT for Pleasanton. Thus, she claimed that Pleasanton provided retiree medical benefits for those who met those qualifications, but ultimately stopped providing with retiree medical benefits on Dec. 1, 2009. The city of Pleasanton claimed that Imrie had forfeited her right to the retiree benefits because she was unretired and working for the city of Berkeley., Imrie sought recovery of damages for her lost medical insurance benefits, plus interest of approximately $25,000.