Hammond

Certified for Partial Publication. [*]

Stephan A. Ebner and Kevin C. Boyle, Calabasas, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Office of the County Counsel, Raymond J. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, Ralph L. Rosato, Assistant County Counsel, Doraine F. Meyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, and Donna B. Koch, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

MOSK, J.

Plaintiff and appellant Yvonne Hammond (plaintiff), a nursing instructor employed by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department (Department) sued her employer, defendant and respondent County of Los Angeles (County), alleging five violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (the FEHA). [1] Plaintiff also sued her supervisor, Betty Brennan (Brennan), alleging two causes of action for racial harassment and retaliation in violation of the FEHA. The County and Brennan successfully moved the trial court for an order granting summary judgment, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered based on that order.

In the published portion of this opinion, we hold that there is a triable issue of one or more material facts as to whether one year after the filing of plaintiffs administrative complaint with the…