Carranza

Filed 5/23/

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

LILLIAN CARRANZA, B327196

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 19STCV02594) v.

CITY OF LOS ANGELES,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment and an order after judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Bruce G. Iwasaki, Judge. Affirmed. Lozano Smith, Mark K. Kitabayashi, Mark W. Waterman, and Fabiola M. Rivera for Defendant and Appellant. Law Offices of Gregory W. Smith, Gregory W. Smith, Diana Wang Wells; Bendon & Serlin, Douglas G. Benedon and Judith E. Posner for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________

* Under California Rules of Court, rules 8.1100 and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication except for Discussion sections B and C. Lilian Carranza, a captain in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD or Department), learned that a photo of a topless woman falsely said to be her was circulating electronically among LAPD personnel. One of her subordinates told her he had seen on-duty officers looking at the photo on a cellphone and making lewd…