SAN FRANCISCO — A Los Angeles appeals court has revived actress Nicollette Sheridan’s suit over her firing from the ABC television series Desperate Housewives.

The Second District Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday that Sheridan was not required to exhaust administrative remedies before suing the show’s production studio under a provision of California’s Labor Code that bars employers from firing workers for complaining about unsafe working conditions.

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