Taylor

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

1. The Supplemental Complaint Elizabeth Taylor sued Alkiviades David, Hologram USA, and others in 2017, alleging that David subjected her to sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and wrongful termination and retaliatory conduct in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (Gov. Code, § 12900, et seq. (FEHA).)3 A jury trial ended in a mistrial in 2019. Soon after, Taylor filed a supplemental complaint geared toward her causes of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress and FEHA retaliation.

2 The record on appeal does not include the original complaint or any other matters related to the first trial. As a result, our statement of facts is derived from the trial court’s register of actions, as well as from the parties’ complementary descriptions of what transpired below. 3 Taylor also sued additional defendants, but they were dismissed from

the action on other grounds and are not parties to this appeal.

3 Taylor’s supplemental complaint alleged that David “persisted in [his] retaliatory and abusive conduct” toward Taylor “even after [she] filed her original complaint in this action on February 2,…