Mealey's (April 15, 2020, 11:37 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — An employee’s inability to perform an essential function of her job at the time of her firing doesn’t preclude her from being a “qualified individual” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) where extending the employee’s leave would be a reasonable accommodation, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 8, reversing a trial court’s summary judgment ruling for an employer (Nannette G. Hummel v. Maricopa County Adult Probation Department, No. 19-16008, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 11058)....